Stardate 12.05.2025
Some milestones sneak up quietly… and others stand on the horizon like a sunrise you can feel in your bones.
This one is the latter.
I’m approaching 6,000 blog stories.
That number still takes my breath a little. It represents years of showing up, even on days when the words came slowly… or not at all. It represents choosing hope when discouragement tried to take the wheel. It represents a life lived with a promise to encourage others — even when parts of my own journey were tender or complicated.
And the truth is, it hasn’t been simple.
My family’s privacy matters deeply, so most of their stories stay behind the curtain.
My day job limits what I can share.
Many friends prefer life outside the spotlight.
And yes, some readers step away when I speak about God.
I understand all of it.
But here’s the gentle, honest truth rising in me as I near this 6,000-story threshold:
The best is still ahead.
Over the next 50 days, I’m preparing to peel back the last layer — not for shock value, not for drama, but for growth.
For courage.
For calling.
I’ve avoided controversy most of my life. I know how quickly politics can divide a table, how talk of faith can make people retreat, how raw honesty can feel like a risk. But this next chapter invites me to share with more transparency, more humility, and more heart than ever before.
You may like the direction I’m heading.
You may not.
But I’m stepping into it with resolve, because hiding never helped anyone grow — least of all me.
Thank you for walking with me. The countdown has begun… and the journey is about to open in a way I couldn’t have imagined when I reach the 6,000th mile marker of my blogging/vlogging journey.
May you live long and prosper.
Have a great day.
Captain’s Addendum
Spock: “Doctor, the probability of the captain maintaining equilibrium during 50 days of heightened vulnerability seems… uncertain.”
Bones: “Spock, for once in your life, let the man be human. Vulnerability is where the good stuff happens.”
Spock: “I am merely calculating the variables.”
Bones: “Well, your variables don’t include heart. Or courage. Or stubbornness — all of which he’s got in spades.”
Spock: “A fair point, Doctor. Then perhaps the outcome is more promising than I projected.”
Michael’s Reflection:
Opening up isn’t about perfection — it’s about trust. About letting God work through the cracks instead of hiding them. This next season requires courage, but it also offers freedom. And I’m ready… one percent at a time.
Scripture for the Journey
“Search me, O God, and know my heart… lead me in the way everlasting.”
— Psalm 139:23–24
There is no safer place to be honest than in the presence of the One who already knows us completely.
May this day bring you quiet bravery for your next step, peace for the places that feel uncertain, and a whisper of hope for whatever God is shaping within you.
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