A Beautiful Journey

Hi y’all,


Many of you know me, and some of you may not, but I figure lets lay a nice foundation of who I am and why I am sharing my life with you.  Fair game?

I grew up in Medway Massachusetts, a town about an hour south-west of Boston.  I attended Fairfield University in Connecticut and graduated in 2013 with a BA in history.  I then pursued a master of art in education.  This privileged me to teach both high school and elementary school students in Connecticut.  Throughout this time I had the transformational experience of coaching athletes - high school, college, and adults – in the sport of rowing. 

I am incredibly blessed to have had the opportunities to work with so many diverse and unique human beings thanks to my time as an educator – which I define as both my academic and athletic teaching.  If you are a student of mine THANK YOU! You have deeply touched my heart and transformed me as a human being. 

I believe that we are mind, body, soul and that to truly thrive – to express the innate perfection that animates us all – we must experience and integrate our three aspects. This is really the core of what I hope to do with our relationship – that’s right, you and me, were in this together.  We are all on a path of exploration, one that will ultimately conclude with our passing from this life, and I believe that we as humans face a few primary questions:
- Why do I exist?
- Why do I know I exist?
- What should I do with this existence?

Now I am keenly aware that this flirts the line of sounding preachy, and I do not want to preach to anyone.  I am ignorant of much, in fact there is infinitely more to know than I can ever know, so please hear me - my only goal in writing and building this relationship with you is so that we can walk the journey of life together.  I have no sure answers to these three questions, in fact the only one I think I have even a clue about is the final one. 

So as I alluded to I see life as a journey, we are all explorers who are seeking answers to these questions so let’s explore together!

So what am I up to right now on my journey?  Well literally right this minute I am sitting in the library at Life University in Marietta Georgia communicating with you! 

How’d you get there, just a few paragraphs earlier you were educating in Connecticut?

Well like we said life is a journey and my path for the next three and a half years is to study the science, art, and philosophy of chiropractic.  I came to Life U to seek answers to the third question.  I want to continue what I began as an educator - to give and serve you so we can both THRIVE.  By thrive I mean for us to find answers to these three questions.  To truly live and come alive. 

Did we go too far into the metaphysical?  Ok let’s bring it back down to earth. 

So what can you expect if you keep reading my posts?  Who knows it’s a mystery!  I’m just kidding, I expect my posts will fall into the three topics of body, mind, and spirit.  For body I want to explore fitness, nutrition, strength training, and sport specific training for rowing.  For mind we will explore the stories we tell ourselves that limit or empower us, who we learn from and use as mentors and role models.  For spirit we will explore the deep stuff – how we deal with tragedy, pain, suffering, ecstasy, love, and peace.

Ok, for now I’m out.  I look forward to where your journey takes you and where mine takes me.

Peace and love,

Matt

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