The Great Life…According to Mark Cigos

The problem is that it’s not so much the men and women that are the only grave worry here, albeit there is massive cause for alarm as our population here in North America and globally continues to expand at the waistline. It’s become deeper and deadlier than that, it’s now the children we must fear for most. Our offspring and future is in jeopardy. This young generation is expected to live a shorter life than their parents.

What happened to all the confidence? What happened to proud people beaming with pride and self-worth? Confident and happy of who they are and what special something they can inevitably bring to this world.
In a society where we look to others for light, we rarely ever let the light within beam out loud and proud. [...]

In life, in anything that happens, in anything that moves, grooves or lives, timing is everything.
Nothing happens until an act, a move is made. Therefore as a result, anything and everything that happens, timing is almost just as important as the initial act that was executed in order for that very result to become reality.
Timing [...]

You ever think to yourself, that what you’re thinking right there at that very moment makes a helluva great deal of sense? More so than what public “common” sense believes or promotes. More so than what the authorities, lawmakers, teachers and even your own parents and peers will allow you to think up or play [...]

“I once complained about having no shoes until I met a man with no feet.”
-Anonymous
Incredible I must say how forgetful and spoiled we at times lean towards.
In a day and age when everything and anything we want is available at the touch of a button, with all the abundant gluttony and luxury, I’m still [...]

The way I see it.
Came across those words as I sipped on a damn big green tea the other day at Starbucks. The way I see it. Nice.
Now what about the way I see it?
I mean the words I write, the words many of us write, the thoughts and ideas we share, the words we [...]

When I first wrote the piece two weeks ago on things that matter to me, I was overwhelmed by the reaction it domino-effected amongst peers of mine from all walks of my life.
I couldn’t fathom at first how much people wanted to share the things that matter to them, and the curiosity it sparked as [...]

I was on the phone tonight with a very good friend of mine. The kind of friend who pushes me relentlessly. He challenges and confronts me, and at times, more than I’d like to admit, he irks the bloody hell out of me.
But what a great friend he is.
He’s much like me in many ways. [...]

Life and death. All around us each and every day.
Babies being brought into this world. New ideas and innovation being brought to life, new cures being created (like the one on track to hopefully one day wipeout HIV/AIDS). New companies being formed, new technologies, new ways of living – all brought to life. Life is [...]