Ryan Gilbert 4/21/20 Ryan Gilbert 4/21/20

Freedom

Our gift is to feel free; our curse is to feel it being taken away. To be threatened. Anger. Frustration. Energetic force. All of it is the spirit of the animal, what we still are at the end of the day.

Ryan Gilbert 4/3/20 Ryan Gilbert 4/3/20

Lost Callsign

My only option was to move in the general direction of most probable success. I didn’t know where I was starting from, I only knew where I needed to be.

Ryan Gilbert 2/7/20 Ryan Gilbert 2/7/20

Headspace and Timing

How ridiculous are our lives when compared to an animal with no department for concepts, fairness and doctrine? When I crane my neck to look down, I see what we have become in our 10th year of social media. The meme that created itself. The answers I see are written all over the walls of this great nation, the internet.

Ryan Gilbert 12/1/19 Ryan Gilbert 12/1/19

Trial Exposure

When confronted with a leap of faith, a moment to shine, or a sinking ship to abandon there is always a point of peak vulnerability and awkwardness that must be overcome.

Ryan Gilbert 8/9/19 Ryan Gilbert 8/9/19

Heroes

I’d always found it difficult to hold any grandeur or pain compared to what would seem a better story, especially the horrible ones. The horrible ones are stories we all somehow yearn for, to in some way glean understanding.

Ryan Gilbert 7/20/19 Ryan Gilbert 7/20/19

When The Penny Drops

I can still feel the gut wrenching depression that I’ve broken my back and I’ll never walk again. The scene is imprinted and embossed into my brain. Pain and fear at the deepest emotional level.

Ryan Gilbert 7/8/19 Ryan Gilbert 7/8/19

9-Liner: Nine Steps Towards Happiness

If you’re like me, you like following a series of steps and instructions. This isn’t gospel, it’s a start. Some fundamental ideas that have helped me glean insight and stay afloat. In classic military format - the 9-Liner…

Ryan Gilbert 7/6/19 Ryan Gilbert 7/6/19

The Advance

Establishing that connection is how you achieve understanding. Finding understanding comes from interpreting those ancient mathematics. Plugging in, logging on and downloading from the wifi.

Ryan Gilbert 7/6/19 Ryan Gilbert 7/6/19

The Walk Out

The life you’re going to go have after the military needs to have a reason as well. Without a reason, a perpetual mission, life is almost meaningless.

Ryan Gilbert 7/4/19 Ryan Gilbert 7/4/19

Surfacing

I’ve often dismissed what I’ve seen as an intangible figment of my imagination. Like a short cartoon, indifferent to reality. Convoluted beyond comprehension. Irrelevant and illogical.