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.
We will, however, only move to save that which we love—be it the Earth, our own physical bodies, or our connection to each other—and we cannot truly love nor preserve anything we do not hold as sacred.
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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 