"I think, therefore I am." -René Descartes

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
- Seneca, Roman Philosopher

(The quote above was said by one of the general managers present at the meeting, today.)

Along with our high school interns, I helped present, to a room full of potential sponsors, a smidgen of what we have been created while at The Robert Robinson Taylor Network (RRTN) since the end of summer. The high school interns, Loic and Derek (again, fake names have been used to conceal identities), did a phenomenal job and received awe and praise from the room of executives.

Robert Robinson Taylor

We cut it closer than most of us would have wanted, though, there was much progress to be made to make a professional presentation, and the draft that the interns had developed on Tuesday earlier last week, had promise, but foreshadowed a long week. I, myself, had been very shaky and unfaithful in my follow through and presence at RRTN due to a worsening medical condition, of which treatment has recently begun and proven quite successful.

I needed to complete a working, presentable technology. Utilizing what time I had left, I scrambled to polish existing features and discovered that I accomplished a tremendous amount of work over the weekend. My results were met with responses (even from myself) that read, “Imagine where we would be if he had done this consistently!”

I am proud of the happenings of the day, and can really only say, “I cannot faith to fully apply myself, henceforth.”

“It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance

My friend, Anton (a fake name has been used to conceal his identity), has inspired me to follow-through with my own blog. I look forward to placing my thoughts as openly as he, and perhaps my entries will become a response to his, since he tends to pose many intriguing questions. I look forward to the to-and-fro conversations to be had!

I think. I think, a lot. I have been told that I think far too much… other times, I have been told that I don’t seem to think at all. Things like this often give me a lot to think about. Recently, I have begun to realize that the way I think, the way I act, the goals I set, and the fundamentals I hold true to my core are significantly different than others’. Many of my assumptions of other people have been challenged, giving me more insight into the way the world works; it has, simultaneously, given me confidence and sapped some of my hope. I find that I can envision and conceive of far more than most, that I believe in things that are radical, disturbing, or perplexing, and that apparently not everyone was doing this (as I had previously thought).

I thoroughly enjoy the way I think, though; pleasantly, and surprisingly, I have found that others seem to appreciate the thought-paths I lead them down. I’ve come to call my deviant way of thinking, “LunaThink”. And, so, I welcome you to my mind, and encourage you to share your thoughts so that our minds may grow together.