When you open up your mind you will recognize the fact that miracles are happening around you nonstop! Don’t think that miracles only happen in the Bible, on the contrary, each and every single second you live is miraculous! To […]
Category: Living life with cancer!
The Crosses We Bear!
Each of us have crosses that we bare in our lives! Most people bare their cross in silence. I used to be the same way. But basically, for all intents and purposes, my life as it was… ended! Since my […]
1461! (four years later!)
Four years ago and basically the end of my life! That’s what I found in my heart and soul! My Doctor has just dropped the proverbial bomb upon me! “Mr. Simien… you have stage IV lung cancer and I think […]
the musings of walkingdeadman!
believe it or not but we all suffer from the tenuous propaganda of independence-no one is really free-so you look for miracles in your life-then you finally realize that every single second is one!-don’t marginalize your time with modalities-recognize this […]
understanding blessings!
we assuredly are blessed-but few recognize the beauty in the blessings-here in the city we accept the cacophony-we can’t remember peace and quiet-some have never experienced it-i have assuaged the noise-all that’s left is the innocuous incessant ringing in my […]
the mundane mendacity of existence!
how bad can death be?-nobody ever comes back to complain!-it’s definitely difficult to live as human beings-certain things to remember for sanity-first and foremost, remember the fact that you are truly only human-mistakes will be made… learning from them will […]
the new bike!
Haven’t had good enough weather to do much riding lately but the last few days have been great! I took a look at my odometer and was really surprised that I’ve already put about two hundred miles on my new […]
hardly no one looks up anymore!
I travel frequently throughout NYC on my bike. And even though I’m not prescient in any way shape, form or fashion, something’s wrong. Now that my eyes are open I’ve noticed that hardly no one looks up anymore! If you […]
Another Off the Bucket List!
One of my favorite artists is Erykah Badu! I blew my chance back in 2007 to see her concert here in NYC. I wasn’t gonna miss her this time! I went to the Barclays Center this past weekend with my […]
Death of a Bicycle!
I was so excited about getting my new bike that I have to pay tribute to the old one. On May 5, 2017 after a 21 year hiatus from riding, my “Phoenix” arrived! I referred to it as my Phoenix […]
Luck?… no, Blessed!
We have to change the way we think. So many call themselves “lucky”. But in actuality what we really are is “blessed”. Luck is something that comes in gambling. A few times this week I sat inside the lobby of […]