My Journey:

Three months ago is what I consider my rebirth. The start of a new life. I had a different life, and it ended abruptly. I have a mission that has roots deep into my childhood. As a boy I learned about the very rare person born throughout the ages that can seemingly do it all. A man that can write poetry and forge steel. A man that can play any sport and play many instruments. A man that can fight any adversary and speak many languages.

The Renaissance Man

Even as a boy, I strove to be good at everything I did. I played many sports, and played them well. I learned to read at an extremely young age, and read constantly. Being Mexican, I spoke Spanish decently, if not fluently. I romanced women with pretty words, and school was easy and boring for me. Until the end of high school I was coasting through life and life was good.

Since then I have had many wake-up calls, endured many events that have changed me and met people that have taught me, loved me, bested me, broke my heart, betrayed me, and humbled me. I can be arrogant on occasion. I can be a smartass know-it-all. But I try to put myself in check, while expecting nothing but excellence from myself and people I love in every aspect of life. I am blessed to look 10 years younger than I really am, but my age shows in the growing number of white hairs on my chin.

I aim to become a Renaissance Man. I owe it to myself and to the ones I've lost. I know that everyone on this earth has the ability to become more than they could ever imagine.

"You are extraordinary! You came into this life with more talents and abilities than you can ever use. You could not exhaust your full potential if you lived 100 lifetimes. Your amazing brain has 20 billion cells, each of which is connected to 20,000 other cells. The possible combinations and permutations of ideas, thoughts, and insights that you can generate are equivalent to the number one followed by eight pages of zeros...Whatever you have accomplished in life to this date is only a small fraction of what you are truly capable of achieving. The psychologist Abraham Maslow once wrote 'The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short'. The average person settles for far less than he or she is truly capable of achieving. Compared to what you could do, everything you have accomplished so far is only a small part of what is truly possible for you."
Brian Tracy,  author of Million Dollar Habits

I have a list of the many things I need to know and learn. I will learn everything I want to. I will be able to speak many languages. I will acquire every skill I can think of. I will make my body a finely tuned machine capable of fighting, dancing, building and molding. I will surround myself with ambitious people with honor. I will do all of these things.

I will become a Renaissance Man.