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Byron Edgington

Byron Edgington was a commercial & military helicopter pilot for 40 years. Now an award-winning writer, and a featured contributor for BizCatalyst 360° and Substack, he's the author of several books including the recently released collaboration with his wife Mariah Edgington of Journey Well, You Are More Than Enough (RE)Discover Your Passion, Purpose & Love of Yourself & Life. After his tour in Vietnam, Edgington became a commercial pilot and flew all over the world. In 2012, he received his Bachelor's in English and creative writing from The Ohio State University at age 63. In 2012 Edgington won the prestigious Bailey Prize in non-fiction from the Swedenborg Foundation Press. Byron is married to his best friend, Mariah. They have three daughters and eight grandchildren. They live and write in Tampa Florida.

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Stories Define Us

"We’re a storytelling species. Stories are how we identify with a tribe or create a tribe of our own. Telling stories is in our DNA. Stories feed us, they nourish our souls, and satisfy our minds. Telling stories is what drives writers, painters, dancers, actors, musicians."

Debility?

"We’re not losing ability or agency; we’re gaining things unavailable to younger people, burdensome things the passing years have scrubbed away." ...

Judgment as Teacher

"The moral of the tale was our collective inability to ponder the tragedies and sorrows that befall us as human beings in a direct way. Our curious tendency is to speed away from our own misfortunes while slowing to gape at someone else’s." ...

The Greatest Teacher Who Never Lived (Part 3)

“It’s not all of you. There are human societies that value every single day, every hour. Most of those have a life expectancy of 40, 50 years max, but still…” ...

Why I Love The Friendship Bench

"Our Friendship Bench is perhaps the only place I’m able to be utterly vulnerable and openly-sharing with my own feelings and opinions, no matter the topic. To experience criticism or rejection there is inconceivable." ...