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Darren Littlejohn Revealed
About Darren Littlejohn
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What is your birthdate?:6/2
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Previous occupations:System Administration, Web Design
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Favorite job:Web Design
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High school and/or college:California State University Long Beach
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Name of your favorite composer or music artist?:Wes Montgomery
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Favorite movie:Kundun, the Matrix, Billy Jack
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Favorite television show:The Sopranos
Revealing Questions
- Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
- A. Recovering addict, practicing Buddhist
- Q. What is your motto or maxim?
- A. Integrating 12-Step recovery and Buddhist principles to their maximum potential.
- Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
- A. Perfect happiness in Buddhism is complete freedom from suffering. In recovery, we say it's about being comfortable in our own skin.
- Q. What’s your greatest fear?
- A. Fear is what happens when we aren't living in the present moment.
- Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
- A. A tropical paradise.
- Q. With whom in history do you most identify?
- A. My spiritual teachers who, just like me, have worked hard to gain spiritual knowledge.
- Q. Which living person do you most admire?
- A. Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche
- Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
- A. Uh, like, y'know what I mean?
- Q. What do you regret most?
- A. Relapsing in 1994. But regret is a waste of time. We learn to go on.
- Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
- A. The skillful means necessary to help all beings on the path to total liberation, regardless of their capacity or limitations.
- Q. What is your greatest achievement?
- A. 1. Getting sober 2. Staying sober 3. Writing the 12-Step Buddhist
- Q. What’s your greatest flaw?
- A. Hope and fear.
- Q. What’s your best quality?
- A. Tenacity.
- Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?
- A. Buddha
- Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?
- A. Gregariousness
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero?
- A. I don't have fictional heros. My heros are real life.
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain?
- A. I couldn't say. Maybe the Joker.
- Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?
- A. People who are satisfied with mediocrity.
- Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?
- A. Social Media, Dogs, Camping, Jazz
- Q. What’s your fantasy profession?
- A. Rock Star of course!
- Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?
- A. trustworthiness, compassion, humor
- Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
- A. cookies. all cookies. any kind.
- Q. What are your 5 favorite songs?
- A. Bumpin' on Sunset, Heaven and Hell, Stairway to Heaven, Bossa Antigua, Footprints
On Books and Writing
- Q. What are your 5 favorite books of all time?
- A. The Crystal and the Way of Light, Everyday Zen, Words of My Perfect Teacher, Sherlock Holmes, It Works How and Why (NA) AA Basic Text Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
- Q. Is there a book you love to reread?
- A. Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
- Q. Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?
- A. Be ready to get edited, as writing is a process.
- Q. What comment do you hear most often from your readers?
- A. Thank you!
