![]() They write the same comments on anything with my name on it. Haters are generally just repeating the same boring constructs again and again regardless of what the “story” is. Emotionally stunted reactions in cyberspace typed out in a big hurry do not equate with opinions I have shared. Yes, a door was opened to me, and what I did with that opportunity is uniquely mine. I really enjoyed my stint as a contributor and take great pride in how well I executed my role as catalyst of change on a platform of my own construction. Some of you lost in cyberspace think professionals are engaged in some overwrought plot of a telenovela. There are many reasons contracts are not renewed. That said, realities unique to the media industry aren’t built on intrigue and drama. Everything in television has a limited shelf life. I don’t know how anyone cheering this new chapter (presumed failure) of my life of late missed out on the immensity of change Fox has undergone over the last year. Jobs in media always come to an end after they’ve fulfilled their milestones. Everyone with an actual job in front of or behind the camera knows that’s always a possibility. You can bark all you want, but nothing you think or say is going to throw me off my center. If it hadn’t been for a little working rest and relaxation, that might’ve pissed me off, maybe even hurt my feelings. For all of you who like to take information and turn it into foreboding news I knew my contract wasn’t renewed months before anyone in the press did. A new president was sworn in and the cybersphere is wishing you the worst again. It wasn’t the present one looks forward to on their 50th birthday. My lakeside sojourn didn’t end with any uncertainty. It can be exceptionally challenging when your criteria of getting ahead is by doing, not trying, but actually accomplishing some function in life. Packing up to return to the busy life, I accepted just what a toll that business claims from you, especially when you’re driven to succeed. What was going to be a few days extended to weeks and before I knew it a whole month had passed. I’d taken a break, worked on my core and rediscovered my center. Everything natural in its right place doing exactly what it’s supposed to be doing – that’s harmony. Breathing up that good country air and overwhelmed in the lake forest’s perfect hush, I was reminded what harmony really felt like. Nature reminded me that this is what “keeping it real” actually means. Often times heavy fog gave way to freezing rain and then to snow, and by the time I returned it was just wind having its own way. Instead of familiar roads in the hills above sprawling Los Angeles, I ran along empty roads winding through winter trees and snowy pastures. Regardless of weather, and maybe because of it, I kept up my daily workout. Here I was in the middle of nowhere as winter descended without pause. I perched on my window seat sipping hot tea, looking out over choppy waves colliding with the skies mirror. With mind finally unbusy enough to rest, I got to appreciating where I was really at, physically, mentally and spiritually. I was at ease in a spacious beachside house overlooking Lake Champlain surrounded by fog and forest. ![]() I allowed myself, with no little effort at first, to relax and unwind. I left everything cozy and familiar in Southern California to travel to frigid New England at the beginning of snow season to find some new perspective in a place well outside my comfort zone. And so I did what for me seemed impossible. I needed to escape all that dizzying array of electric lights illuminating my every step to be with nature and take in real stars again. Just get away from the city, from the crowd noise and laughter, the deal and no deal of that perpetual hustle of urban reality. No time like the present to take a break. Subject to all applicable fees and taxes. May incur damages arising from use or misuse. Nontransferable and is the sole responsibility of the recipient. Provided “as is” and without any warranties.
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