Building a Life Humanity’s Vision Quest Moment We might as well be living through the next verse of “We Didn’t Start the Fire“. According to Genius.com, Billy Joel’s conversation with a friend in 1989 sparked the song: “ friend just turned 21 and was complaining about how crazy it was to be living in his era, theref Written by Matthew Trinetti June 12, 2020June 15, 2020
Building a Life “If I Sit Silently, I Have Sinned.” Artwork by Nikkolas Smith “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I was going to start this week’s post with a short comment about the George Floyd killing and ensuing protests. I was going to say how tone deaf i Written by Matthew Trinetti May 31, 2020June 2, 2020
Building a Life Two Weeks in Identity Purgatory The two weeks bookending the close of one year and the beginning of the next are a special kind of purgatory for me. Not in the hellfire/damnation sense, but in its Latin origin: purifying. Written by Matthew Trinetti January 19, 2020January 27, 2020
Building a Life Career & Work Work as Gift-Giving It’s crazy to think that this blog has been running on and off for 7 years. As I’ve grown and evolved, I’ve sometimes struggled to identify What is this blog about? and For whom do I write? At times this confusion has kept me from writing and sharing my work. Written by Matthew Trinetti September 6, 2019September 9, 2019
Building a Life Travel Tales Grounding, Walking Barefoot & Finding Your Place I walked to the park and took off my shoes. Touched the soles of my feet to the cool grass, timidly patting around the base of a tree, careful not to step on something sharp or gooey. It’s vulnerable being barefoot. Skin to earth, exposed to the elements. I slid my back down its trunk Written by Matthew Trinetti July 4, 2019August 24, 2022
Building a Life Career & Work Thoughts on Love, Passion & Marriage Last weekend I had the honor of officiating my sister’s wedding. Let me tell you, this was not an easy task. Well, logistically, it was ridiculously easy. The process of becoming ordained in the great state of California was about as easy as subscribing to an email newsletter. Name, email, and Written by Matthew Trinetti May 21, 2019May 22, 2019
Building a Life Traveling Back to Center “You have traveled too fast over false ground;Now your soul has come to take you back.”– John O’Donohue, For One Who Is Exhausted, a Blessing There’s a sense that I measure my life by how close to center I am. That’s the word I use. Center. Not happiness. Written by Matthew Trinetti February 6, 2019February 18, 2019
Building a Life Instructions for Living an Adventurous Life Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. — Mary Oliver, “Sometimes” Each year on January 17th, I pay tribute to my friend Shannon. Sometimes in a blog post. Usually in solitude. A quiet thought, a walk alone, among trees if I’m lucky. My steps, my thoughts Written by Matthew Trinetti January 28, 2019January 28, 2019
Building a Life Exploring My Enough If 2018 had a theme, it’d be “Exploring My Enough.” Meaning, how much work is enough? How much money is enough? Written by Matthew Trinetti October 15, 2018January 11, 2019
Building a Life Career & Work You Do Not Have to Be Good You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. – from Wild Geese by Mary Oliver When I didn’t know the details of the life I Written by Matthew Trinetti July 30, 2018July 30, 2018
