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Sunday, May 25th, 2025

Writing to you from Denver, Colorado

Life, if done right, seems to be akin to the movement of a steam engine. Not the path - straight and linear - but the movement. A series of buildups and drop-offs in momentum for each pursuit…then the course is changed.

Really, it’s all leading down the same path. But, the individual pursuits give it the illusion of being many.

It takes time to get going, to catch your stride, you have to get the wheels turning.

But, when you do, the momentum builds and builds and builds.

Then…the course switches. Your tracks take you somewhere else.

The key is to build the momentum as quickly as possible. Choose a direction, shovel the coal into the firebox, and get that train chugging along at full speed.

You have no idea where things may take you.

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A New Opportunity

Apologies for not getting back to you on the regular schedule. These past two weeks have been quite busy since I had several morning flights, lots of studying for flight school, the FAA …

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