Hi, I’m Alec
Through my writing and other creative work, I hope to promote the simple, actionable, and universally accessible practices of kindness, empathy, and mindful living. For I see no more realistic way of healing ourselves, improving our relationships, and saving this planet with which our survival is so explicitly intertwined.
A bit more about me:
My background, experiences, and eduction have added shape to my personality, but they do not define me as a person. We are what we value, not what we have done.
In this life, I have seen more beauty and felt more pain than I would ever have imagined I could tolerate. I have had security, community, and authority. I have been broke, alone, and depressed. I have been selfish, even cruel, but I have also been kind and generous. For thirty-two years I was asleep—but now I am awake.
I have lived in many places and had even more jobs. I have quit, run, surrendered, stayed, stuck it out, even committed.
I will start over as many times as I have to, until I am truly living in the world, through my body, and from my heart; for I am committed to truth, not consistency.
Alec W. McPike 