Eric Toledo

I have been fortunate in life thus far, I have found support and caring beyond belief in strangers and disappointment and ridicule in family and "friends". I have come to sincerely appreciate the authenticity in others and lack thereof, I embrace with disdain. As youthful years fade, the transition to maturity has brought what many refer to as , "Perspective". A paradigm shift from what my experiences have told me is "real" to the realization that nothing is as concrete as we would like to believe. The understanding that I am to blame for the majority of events in my life and the humility to know that any success I have experienced is the result of others investements in me. As a result, questioning what I have learned, what others passionately believe and general purpose of the way things are vs. possiblities of the way things could be has been liberating. I thank God that he/she has allowed me the health and comforts to indulge in this age-old, new concept known as "perspective" sooner rather than later. I am not certain when this epiphaney presented itself but now, I am able to exploit the freedom that it offers so openly, yet, with so many consequences. The only desire, that by being truthful with myself, contentment will find me. The thought that a life without regret was embraced as I exhale my last breath is what drives my phronetic and akratic behaviors. I can only hope that some of that expelled air is inhaled by others, and intertwinned into the fabric of their lives.