motto

My motto is inspired by a dear and late friend of mine, John Vericella. While waxing philosophical, John would often express this fundamental truth: that all of us here on Earth are essentially born out of the dirt and eventually in our deaths we will all return to the dirt. So on 4 May 2021—the third anniversary of his death—I adopted a new motto in John's honor:

From dirt, to dirt.

This motto replaces my older motto which had been in service since before November 2019:

Not in title, but in character.

The meaning of this older motto refers to the spirit that inspired me to initially run for president of the United States of America. I was  striving not to hold the title of president, but rather I wanted to develop the character of a president.