Artist Writer Outrider

Outrider:

A guide; an escort.
One that goes in advance; a forerunner.

Theory of Being

Many people ask the following questions after watching my YouTube video, Be Who You Are Not What You Do, or during the live Quest experience. “How am I to be who I am?” “How do I know who I am?” “What is the way to find who I am?” These questions prompted me to develop what I call “a theory of being.”

A theory gives value and significance to new ideas. It forces an examination, from many angles, of a set of facts presented in a new context that few have studied to this point. Furthermore, a theorist hopes to inspire extended conversation and productive research. To that end, The Quest: Discover a Way to Enjoy Life the Second Half of Life contains my Theory of Being, or, in a more accessible phrase, The Quest. Ultimately, it is a dynamic exploration of integration, in a word, wholeness.

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We are Growing Older

When America became a nation, only one in five people lived to age seventy. Now more than four out of five do. The average life expectancy in America is currently around eighty years—and increasing. This expansion begs the question, what are we to do with a second half of life that could last forty or more years? The additional time makes it inevitable that somewhere between age thirty-five and sixty, many of us will find ourselves at the cusp of a massive (and possibly catastrophic) transition.

There Is Hope

Randy Elrod knows what it’s like to have your whole life blow up in twelve hours. In one day he lost most of his family, friends, and peers. His social networks and the business which provided his income became a barren wasteland. What had once felt like a stalwart tribe of people—left him with almost no friends or natural support system.

A sense of belonging is a basic human need, just like the need for food and shelter. Having a tribe is essential to seeing value in life and in coping with intense emotions such as grief and betrayal.

Elrod explores ten practical ways to regain a sense of belonging by finding healing, finding your self, and finding others. The journey to a new (and better) tribe is possible. There is hope. Our differences are stark, but our yearning for belonging and a better tribe is genuine and compelling.

Heartfelt Memoir

From bellbottoms and Bible camp to a career center stage, this beautifully written, heartfelt memoir, in the style of Mark Twain, is both a coming of age and American success story.

Hilarious and irreverent, the characters and tales are as unforgettable as they are entertaining. So pull up an easy chair, grab a glass of wine, a shot of moonshine—or if you’re Baptist—some sweet tea, and get ready to laugh out loud and perhaps shed an empathic tear.