Author: Lem Usita

  • Dismiss Your Dream

    Dismiss Your Dream

    All it takes is one person to Dismiss Your Dream.  All it takes is one person to give you a negative comment about how dumb your dream is to dash it.  What’s sad is that sometimes it’s the people that you love and that truly love you that sometimes dash…

  • A House Number

    A House Number

    ….gives you identity. I had never thought about it before.  All my life I have had an address.  I could point to somewhere in every season of my life that I have lived.  I had never thought about a House Number giving me identity. There are parts of the world…

  • Pronoia

    Pronoia

    The writer and Electronic Frontier Foundation co-founder John Perry Barlow defined pronoia as “the suspicion the Universe is a conspiracy on your behalf”. It can be thought of as the opposite of paranoia.  You can look it up.  Check out the wikipedia page about it. It is not a new idea, but it is…

  • SKCDL

    SKCDL

    Awhile ago, I wrote about what your starbucks drink says about you. This is what I have been drinking these days.  I use my gold card so I get an .80 discount for the milk or the flavor or something.  Typically, this drink only costs 2.55.  Not bad for a…

  • Vulnerable in Creativity and Explore your Insecurities

    Vulnerable in Creativity and Explore your Insecurities

    I was at TEDxAFC with my good friends Daniel Araujo and Brent Oglesby.  It was my frist time going to one of these events with friends.  I normally go by myself so it was nice to proces with people that I knew. Of all the things that I heard today…

  • A Journey into Fantasy

    A Journey into Fantasy

    I heard this line a few days ago.  It made me think of a few things. First of all, I don’t think of fantasy as something that you have to journey to.  I always think that fantasy is always going to be there.  I don’t think of the journey into…

  • The Home Screen

    The Home Screen

    Everything leaks identity. You know how they say that you can tell a lot about a person by taking a look at their checkbook and calendar – well, that was a saying before smartphones. You don’t need to look at 2 things any longer. Technically, you can simplify things and…

  • Confluence of Events

    Confluence of Events

    con·flu·ence  (knfl–ns) n. 1. a. A flowing together of two or more streams. b. The point of juncture of such streams. c. The combined stream formed by this juncture. 2. A gathering, flowing, or meeting together at one juncture or point e·vent  (-vnt) n. 1. a. Something that takes place; an occurrence. b. A significant occurrence or happening.…

  • Confession and Identity

    Confession and Identity

    I don’t know what you think about when you hear the word Confession.  Maybe you picture something that happens in church with a priest.  Maybe it’s just a tough conversation with your friend.  Maybe you write it down.  Confession though is a great affirmation of identity. Think about what happens…

  • 28.1%

    28.1%

    That’s my BMI – Body Mass Index.  I’m overweight according to the numbers.  I’m closer to obese than I am normal.  According to the calculator, I’m about 21 lbs overweight.  Not sure where I’m going to find 21 lbs., but according to the calculator – I need to figure out…

  • On the Basketball Court

    On the Basketball Court

    We were watching the Oprah interview of the Miami Heat big 3.  There was a group interview and there were individual interviews.  Tonight, as I listened  to Oprah interview Chris Bosh and Duane Wade, there was something that both of them said that stood out as an incredible identity insight.…

  • How to Find Your True Self – Audio

    How to Find Your True Self – Audio

    I am adding a new feature to some of my old posts.  I don’t know the best way to do this so I am adding the audio commentary and then reposting the blog post at the bottom of it.  Let me know how you like this feature.  I will try…