07 26 16
A site for my brotha from anotha mother, AJ Leon and his outstanding book: Life and Times
—“There are times when we sail so far off course, when our dreams are so far from reach that they
appear but balmy glimmers violently strewn on a distant horizon which we will never pierce. When
complacency and compliance, when safety and security have so entranced us, that gradual reform is no
longer possible. In these moments we have but one option – revolt.”
I can still remember when I wrote that down.
In many ways, it feels like yesterday. In other ways, it feels like a million miles behind me. But it was only four years ago. Exactly six months after I decided to leave an unremarkably average existence as a successful finance executive in Manhattan, and decided to start changing the world instead.
Since that moment, I have traveled hundreds of thousands of miles to over 40 countries on this beautiful planet, I’ve spent the vast majority of my time launching projects that truly matter, I’ve remained successfully self employed, and I’ve worked in 9 African countries launching humanitarian projects that have raised millions of dollars to help communities in South Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Malawi.
– See more at:
http://aj-leon.com/pursuitofeverything/the-life-and-times-of-a-remarkable-misfits
