Cairns

Cairn: an unexpected mound of rough stones built as a memorial or landmark, on a mountain, hilltop, along a trail, or in a forest.

Have you ever felt lost, or as if you were drifting away, but then magically, a north star appeared? Some mystical, out-of-the-ordinary reminder that affirmed that you were actually on the right path?

Join author Daniel Hayes along his trail of discovery as he shares vulnerable insights into how life cairns, curated by courage and curiosity, repeatedly invited him into physical, mental, and spiritual unknowns; and how by showing up for himself, and recognizing such signposts, he transformed his life beyond doubt, numbness, and loneliness, into a life navigated by confidence, connection, and surprising internal freedom.

Although readers become acquainted with Daniel's individual sojourn, over the course of each page of this inspirational book, relatable themes of grief, struggle, hope, connection, addiction, and discovery reveal common-threads of human evolutionary growth. Through unfamiliar doorways of meditation, deep writing, poetry, yoga Nidra, and combat sports, invitations to push, stretch, and test Daniel's will presented themselves. Eventually, although he might not have recognized them at the time, the main cairns connected him along his ultimate trail, through the trees, beyond the wilderness, and towards his truest path of the inevitable...

Daniel Hayes writes poetry, song lyrics, music, campaigns for role-playing games, and the occasional memoir. He loves sunsets, uncrowded museums and ample parking. When he's not working out in the gym, boxing or grappling, he can be found eating lobster rolls at Steuben's diner on 17th street. Daniel is afraid of cornfields, clowns, and girls that crawl out of television sets. His turnoffs include being late, sour cream, and itchy sweaters. Daniel lives in Denver, Colorado, in a haunted house built in 1893 with his two dogs, Buffy and Loki.