A Beginning, San Diego to Las Vegas
First columns are always hard to write, in my opinion, because as a writer you haven’t found your identity with your audience or the page.
Having said that, this first column will be for better or for worst a personal one.
There have been pivotal moments that have shaped the direction of my life. Today I ponder one of those moments.
3 months ago, a woman that I was deeply in love with and saw a bright future with broke up with me out of the blue, telling me she did not see a future with me. It devastated me to the core and three months later, still does.
At the time, I had a modest income working as a teacher in one of the most desirable locations in the world, San Diego, CA. Two weeks after the break up I received word that my job was going to be eliminated. Subsequently my best friend called me and invited me to start my life again. I decided to take up my best friends offer and do a workshop in Las Vegas, NV.
At this workshop I discovered that I had given up on my life years before without even knowing it. Unfortunately for me I didn’t realize that the reason I had given up on my life was because of women. Thus I decided to give up my apt and a full paid scholarship to State in order to pursue a girl I met in the workshop. What love does to some men! I left everything behind and relocated to Las Vegas. Thinking this was my chance to start new and build a long steady relationship. Unfortunately I hadn’t learned my lesson and things didn’t work out.
Now I sit at a restaurant in Long Beach, Ca pondering the next step in my life. That pivotal moment at the start of this column.
If I take this path it might change me forever. You as the reader will discover my choice in subsequent columns and the beauty the world holds.
Stay tune!!
Not at the Table
Carlos
