My first post….which I find interesting given I have written a books worth of Ragamuffin Musings over the past 10+ years…..you think I would have something quick and easy to copy over.
Learned from a mentor a long time ago…it is always three things. So I will start there.
The Bowie image.
It hangs in my office at home and around it are four natural wood vinyl album holders each holding about 20 albums. The view from my desk changes as the albums in each change. It is also on my business card.
If you look close it is the image of Bowie overlayed on a dictionary page. The image resonates today……with so much noise in world with world events, social media, toxic politics in the US, rapid pace of AI, on and on…..to remind me to be still. Be quiet. Meditate.
The name, Ragamuffin.
Comes from a favorite writer, Brennan Manning, who wrote “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”. That was me over a decade ago lost in my anxiety, fears and a bottomless bottle of Jack Daniels. Today I am happy, joyous and free. That doesn’t imply that life is always great and easy….far from it. Life is messy, but….I can now face it on its terms and and be at peace. I can find joy in the ups and downs of life and know that there is someone who is walking along side of me.
My musings.
What are they…..just that my musings.
Sometimes they are about my faith journey. Sometimes they are about my sobriety journey. Sometimes they are about my life journey. Sometimes they are about my passion for impact investing and venture capital. There is a world in which one can See both VC type of returns in financial outcomes (Return on Investment) and can also see the good from innovative disruptors on the world around us (Return on Impact).
So…..I will periodically check in with my musings. For now….if you have been still for a while….try it out.
