First, I'm a fellow-seeker just like you. I'm finding the joys in life and I'm excited as a kid on a big ol' Easter Egg hunt. I'm here to pass it on because I want it to make a difference in your life.

I've always loved the outrageous & have been intrigued with the "why nots" in life. I honor my past. I cherish my kids. I applaud my Maker...continuously. I have little patience for fake. I eat my steaks thick 'n medium rare and I grunt with delight while I do. And it just "dudn't git" any better than margaritas & a buddy on my creaky oak swing.

Possibilities excite me. I love to dance, cook & build stuff (man, this is sounding like one of those online dating profiles!). I honestly stay quite enthralled by how Large life is. God knows how much I admire His workmanship. Bad days are still perdy darn good. I get energy from friends who are up for discovery. Judgment saps me. I feel extremely supported by my active family of buddies. God is my best friend. I feel drawn to the unvisited and less traveled.

I've probably made more silly mistakes than have you. I've experienced more deaths, more broken hearts & more personal failures than most. I've faced my own death a few times too many. I've earned my gray and I wouldn't trade one hair of it. My life feels very full.

I was born and raised in Houston. Bob & Polly Cross, both passed on now, were in love for 50 years and I got to watch it all! Man, I loved those two! They displayed what love & life look like. My mother provided warmth & home while my dad was a walking demo of strength, humility, kindness, humor & integrity. Thanks mom & dad for paving the way for me! Your integrity lives on, and so you live on.

My first son is married in Colorado to his beautiful bride Wendy (You done good boy!). Jessica is away at college in Austin (Jess...get off this computer and go study!). Alex is here with me at home. He and I stay in as much trouble as we can. I've raised Jess and Alex solo since the death of their mom over 6 years ago. We're a very tight li'l family. We've been thru much together and I look forward to growing up with them for years to come. I'm humbled and extremely proud of my kids.

I love sports & guitar. I'm proud to say I'm an Eagle Scout. I drive an old pickup truck (when it works!) around H-town and I love experiencing a good red wine I've never before tasted.

After 2 failed marriages (argh!) and after working a startup business for over 25 years in the building service industry, I decided that it was time to STOP. Time to stop doing life like I was "supposed" to. Time to start listening...really listening...to what my heart had been screaming all those years. Life had become almost automatic for me as I bought into the "norm". It dawned on me that all those things I blindly bought into on how to do life and love...they're backwards and UpsideDown! Holy cow, in many cases they're exactly the Opposite of what we want to be doing for the good life!

Time for LIFE ON PURPOSE. My favorite question became "why not"? I wanted more. Much more. And I'm having a helluva great time finding more! I cannot believe how much of my earlier days were spent just settling for and waiting around and telling myself that I can't!

Several years ago I set sail to my first web site, my first CD and my first book. They all had the same message... Life is bigger than we know, and each of us is more brilliant than we want to admit. In fact, I'm discovering that what we fear the most is our very own Brilliance!

I've been reminded a few times by my critics that I don't have a Psych degree. Thank God! Because what I DO have is what school couldn't give me...a burn to understand how this whole thing works. And brother am I pumped about what I'm learning!

I became intrigued by the power of what "owning up to my stuff" brought me. I began realizing the importance of letting go and the freedom that comes from telling the truth. I've done my share of clinging onto, manipulating & lying, and I'm now Very clear that, none of it ever brought me what I wanted. So you can give up trying...I already figured out that it doesn't work!

My biggest thrill comes from seeing others in my life heal and awaken to their own sense of worth and to seeing their Dream-bone tweaked. And wow, what an exciting group of friends I've got brewin' with Houston's "Bean Soup"! We're taking friendship and love to a level we've never seen!

My vision & aim is to bump & stir you off center. That'll allow you to see how you've been bringing about the things you don't want in your life. THEN the biggy...to FLIP IT! Action is key. That's where my 1 ON 1's with you come in. I'm certain that my calling is in creating more effective ways to convey the astounding truths I'm discovering with love and with life. I have a message to tell and I cannot seem to tell it fast enough!

I understand that my message is quite jolting at times, suggesting that we're doing the opposite of what we're trying to create. And hence, I don't expect to win any popularity contests. I'm OK with you disagreeing with most that you read here, just as long as I bump you a bit more off center than you were before you came here.

I support my family primarily thru my life coaching and thru my video productions work. You can view some of my work at RcrossProductions.com. Tell me whatcha think!

I am grateful to my living God for the message He's continuously giving me and for the vision He's painted for me. My earnest prayer is that your visit here takes you at least a step closer on your journey back to you and back to your Loving, Living Maker.

Some of you have asked to know more about the "why" behind what I do. If you're one of those, then you can READ HERE to know more about my take on life and love and more about this website's purpose.

I give you my genuine gratitude for taking your time out to get to know me a bit more. I'd love to hear from you personally to know you. Please email me and share discoveries.