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Our Shift to Bestowal
We live in a world built upon reason. It is the foundation of everything we trust—our senses, our logic and the structures we rely on to...
Bradley J Cleary
Mar 96 min read


The Quest for Meaning
I used to think life's biggest questions were impossible to answer. They’d show up unexpectedly— Why am I here? What's the point of all...
Bradley Jonathon Cleary
Feb 233 min read


From Toward Onward
The Illusion of Free Will I don’t know at what age it was exactly when I first started to feel it. That sense that my life wasn’t mine—in...
Bradley Jonathon Cleary
Feb 123 min read


The Evolution of Us
Most of the writing you’ll find here comes from the inner trenches—from those moments when life’s questions press in and refuse to be...
Bradley Jonathon Cleary
Feb 54 min read


The Purpose Equation
There’s a moment in life—sometimes small, sometimes impossible to ignore—when something shifts. "I can’t go back to the way things were."...
Bradley Jonathon Cleary
Jan 264 min read


The Space Between Us
Is wanting love, love? It sounds like a simple question, with a straightforward answer. But It’s a question that’s been living with me...
Bradley Jonathon Cleary
Jan 223 min read


Exploring Life's Depths
There was a time when I thought meaning would arrive like a thunderclap—something undeniable, something final. I imagined an event so...
Bradley Jonathon Cleary
Dec 29, 20245 min read


The Power of Adversity
I’ve been sitting with a strange question lately: What if suffering isn't a punishment for what we're doing wrong, but the proof that...
Bradley Jonathon Cleary
Dec 25, 20244 min read


The Battle Within
It’s strange how often life feels like a quiet tug-of-war. Not between us and the world, but within ourselves—between what we want and...
Bradley Jonathon Cleary
Dec 25, 20243 min read


Know Thyself
"Know thyself" (Greek: Γνῶθι σαυτόν, gnōthi sauton) is a philosophical maxim which was inscribed upon the Temple of Apollo in the ancient...
Bradley Jonathon Cleary
Dec 22, 20245 min read


The Golden Rule
The Golden Rule tells us: "Love others as yourself." Every belief system, every ancient teaching, every piece of wisdom we hold...
Bradley Jonathon Cleary
Dec 18, 20243 min read


The Choice We All Face
I used to think success had a shape. For years I imprisoned myself with the thought that if I worked hard enough, pushed through enough,...
Bradley Jonathon Cleary
Dec 15, 20244 min read


Embarking on the Journey
Dissatisfaction has a way of sneaking up on you. It doesn’t arrive loudly. It seeps in, quietly, between the moments when life seems...
Bradley Jonathon Cleary
Dec 11, 20244 min read
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