About Me
Japan is often referred to as "The Land of the Rising Sun".
So the name of this website, "The Rising Son" combines my heritage with an attempt to start my life over again.
But it's not just about starting over, but becoming a better listener, and a better communicator. It's also about understanding myself better, and understanding others better.
At 45 years of age, I figure I have another 45 years of life left to live. I want to start over by following my soul, not my head. My head can still offer a voice of reason, but from here on out, I'm going to put more emphasis on what my heart says.
When I was young, I thought that marriage was something I wanted. As I graduated high school and ventured into the world on my own, I thought marriage was the path towards fulfilling my life. But the funny thing is that I didn't have anyone to marry at that time. How silly is it that I, along with millions of other people, can want marriage when they haven't even found someone to marry?
People grow up believing that they have to marry in order to be a complete person.
They totally forget that they still have themselves. They ignore their own resources, and believe that only someone else can fulfill them.
"The Rising Son" starts out just as I asked my wife for a divorce. She is, and she was, exactly herself. I'm not going point any fingers at her. In taking a long look back on those years, I realize I wasn't really prepared for marriage. I had married for the wrong reasons.
This is about examining the first half of my life, and learning how to live the second half.

