Heart Fragments
What parts of our soul linger in the places we’ve been....
01 December, 2023 No commentYo! I’m Vincent Russell Van Patten. My friends call me Vinny. I’m a writer, travel photographer, and host of The Dare to Dream Podcast, exploring what lights my soul on fire day-in and day-out. I’m currently based in Osaka, Japan, where I work as an English teacher for the ECC Foreign Language Institute.
The Dare to Dream Podcast is where my co-host and I inspire listeners to embark on the adventure of their lives. We draw wisdom from weekly guests who exemplify what is possible when you have the courage to live a life that is truly yours.
My debut book: Arrows of Youth: A Young Man’s Inspiring Journey to Find What Lights His Soul on Fire, is a story of adventure, an ode to life. Guided by ancient wisdom, timeless stories and contemporary discussion, this book encompasses my quest to never stop asking: Why are we really here?
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What parts of our soul linger in the places we’ve been....
01 December, 2023 No commentPerhaps what comes next will be far different, and far better, than we can possibly imagine....
28 November, 2023 No commentWe're idiots, and while this undeniably makes life painful, it also makes it a heroic adventure full of mountains and valleys worth wholeheartedly embracing....
19 November, 2023 No commentDon't need to be happy all the time; the deepest beauty derives from surviving. Inspired by the Autumn Illuminations of Tō-ji Temple, Kyoto Japan....
15 November, 2023 No commentAn angel comes to me with a choice, one that would change the direction of my entire life....
11 November, 2023 No commentMen, it’s time we step up and be the human beings our world so badly needs....
04 November, 2023 2 CommentsWe mustn’t hit rock bottom to feel profound love, merely existing. Ordinary life is beautiful and it’s fleeting....
28 October, 2023 No commentIt hurts, yet the heart works in ways we cannot explain; we’re just people, and it’s okay....
25 October, 2023 No comment