Nobody is Coming to Save Me

The Base Philosophy of Million Dollar Garage

Welcome to the deeper end of Million Dollar Garage. I figure if you are as committed as your subscription signals…I may as well spill it…

There are four guiding principles to all of my endeavors. I’ve alluded to them all for the last ten years… They are life goals and my navigational stars. They are what I have to give to the world. The clarity of them were gifted to me… a little monk, sparse of words, gave a homily during High Mass at The Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani ten years ago.

I was on silent retreat for five days at the beginning of a 6-month sabbatical from my restaurant life. I was unwiring all the tangles left from 20 years of 80–100 hour weeks. I had to undo. At the same time, I was laying the foundation for what I wanted my life to be… and what I wanted it to be about. The reading for that day was Romans 12:2:

Romans 12:2

“And be not conformed to this world; but be reformed in the newness of your mind, that you may prove what is the good, and the acceptable, and the perfect will of God.” —Douay-Rheims