AS IT SAYS IN A SONG I LOVE..I HAVE BEEN UP AND DOWN AND ROUND ABOUT AND BACK AGAIN. I GREW UP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND WOODLANDS OF UPSTATE NY,TO A STRICT SICILAN UPBRINGING. I HAD MY FIRST SPIRITUAL EXPERENCE AT THE AGE OF 5..BEHELD TOMOROWS,MYSELF OUT OF MY BODY,AND A WOMEN CALLING TO ME..SHED IN LIGHT,THOSE DREAMS CAME TO ME EVERYNIGHT.. ONE BY ONE I HAVE SEEN THEM COME TRUE.ALL BUT ONE..THE LAST ONE.. I STARTED WORK AT THE AGE OF 12,TAKING MARTIAL ARTS AT THE AGE OF 10,GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AT 15.AND LEFT HOME AT 17 FOLLOWING THE PULL WITHIN ON ME..SEEKING ANSWERS AND FOLLOWING VISIONS SEEN. AT 18 I FOUND MYSELF IN THE SERVICE,VIET NAM AREA.AND IN THE NAVY TRAVELED AROUND THE WORLD.2X...STUDYING MARTIAL ARTS,OTHER CULTURES AND LANDS SEEKING ANSWERS..AND BEHOLDING THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD... RETURNING HOME..DREAMS OF BECOMING A GREAT WRITER,A NOVELEST I FOUNDMY SELF IN COLLEGE..AND MEET A WOMEN WITH 2 SMALL CHILDREN..I TRADEDMY DREAM FOR A BUSSINESS DEGREE AND THE CORP.WORLD,THEN MY OWN COMPANYS FOR 14 YEARS..BUILDING AN EMPIRE OF 7 CORP AND LIVING THE DREAM..MAKING $7000,000 A YEAR AND HAVING ALL THE "CRAP". TO AWKEN AND FIND I HAD TRADED MY SOUL AND LOST LOVE IN THAT QUEST FOR IT "ALL"...THAT NONE OF IT FILLED UP THE "EMPTYNESS IN ME"... I TRADED IT ALL FOR MY FREEDOM..AND RETREATED TO ASHRAMS AND TEMPLES,STUDYIGN WITH MANY "WELL KNOWN"GURU'S AND MASTERS..OF COURSE NO ONE KNEW THEM THEN..LOL...AND OPENED A SMALL SHOP IN AN ARTS AND CRAFTS VILLAGE IN CENTRAL NY. THERE I MEET AN OLD NATIVE AMERICAN ELDER..WHO CAME INTO MY LIFE..AS TEACHER,AND FATHER.AND BROUGHT THE LIGHT AND SPIRIT BACK INTO MY SOUL. I BECAME HIS SON,AND A MEMBER OF THE DELAWARE NATION. MY HUMBLE SHOP BECAME A GALLERY,A HEALING CENTER AND A MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL WHERE I REMAINED UNTIL 5 YEARS AGO. I HAVE KNOWN FAME AND SUCCESS IN BUSSINESS AND AS A MARTIAL ARTIST BEING A 4TH DEGREE BLACK BELT IN 2 STYLES OF MARTIAL ARTS,8 TIMENATIONAL AAU CHAMPION IN TAE KWON DO,A SILVER MEDAL WINNER IN THE WORLD GAMES,AND THE PAN-AM GAMES,AND A 3 TIME MEMBER OF TEAM"USA"TO NAME A FEW OF CREDITS IN THAT CIRCLE. I HAVE BEEN WRITTEN UP INNATIONAL MAGAZINES BOTH FOR MARTIAL ARTS AND AS OF LATE FOR MY JEWERLY.(WHICH I NOW DO)..THOUGHT I AM STARTING TO TEACH AGAIN AFTERA SHORT REST. I AM VERY LAID BACK,MELLOW..UNLESS PUSHED..LOL..COMFORTABLE IN A 3 PEICE SUIT AND TIE..OR BLUE JEANS AND T SHIRT. NOT ONE TO BE IMPRESSED WITH "STUFF" OR YOUR "STATUS"..BEEN THERE..WITHOUT LOVE ITIS ALL PRETTY EMPTY AND LONLY.. I SEEK TO CONNECT WITH OTHERS ,EXCHANGE IDEAS,ADVENTURES,AND SPIRITAND SHARE..AND SEE WHERE THIS JOURNEY TAKES US..FOR I HAVE BUT ONE VISION LEFT TO UNFOLD..THE REST..I HAVE ALL SEEN COME TO BE... I LOVE GOOD FOOD,MUSIC,AND SO MUCH MORE..SO COME SAY HELLO AND EXPLORE WITH ME... I NOW LIVE IN CALIF..PULLED HERE 5 YEARS AGO BY SPIRIT.AND ONLY IT KNOWS WHERE I SHALL GO NEXT..FOR I TRUST AND FOLLOW ITS WILL..