I am happily married to Jessica.

I'm a Myers Briggs ENTP (Extroverted Intuitive Thinking Perceiver), so I prefer for folks to be very direct with me. For instance, if anyone sees any error on my part, I appreciate people telling me plainly whatever they believe that I'm doing wrong or could do better, whether a moral issue, a spelling or grammatical error, or otherwise. I tend to be rather direct with others as well, so please don't ask me something unless you want the truth! I'm a Strong's SAI (Social Artistic Investigator).

Most people find me on Myspace likely found the page on a Google search looking for someone to help them with real estate. For more details about my real estate, go to Adambgarrett.com

While my tendency is to chase after pleasure, which I certainly do, I have seen from experience that true joy does not come from such things. The pursuit of instantaneous gratification merely whets your appetite for more. The nations with the highest rates of depression are amongst the most affluent. I have become convinced that man was born to serve, in a world where suffering, selfishness, meaninglessness, and apathy are integrally related. True joy is found in true Love, a concept rather foreign to our broken world. While I am not an ascetic, I feel that pleasures that come with meaning are far sweeter than those that are arrived upon more artificially. As an example, bracelets that orphans made and freely gave you out of their poverty, tying them onto your wrists themselves as tears wet your face, are far sweeter than those acquired while shopping, reminding you of precious souls and joy-filled experiences that you hope to never forget.

At the end of my days, the pleasure, power, money, etc I spent time chasing after (which I certainly do!) will matter little, while the moments of joy, looking into the face of an orphan who loves me, and some of the moments of pain, tired after long hours of work on public health amidst heat rash in India, might be cherished.

While I say this, it is very difficult to live in light of its reality, yet the quest for Truth, peace, meaning, freedom, hope, Love, God, etc. compels me, despite my failures and inadequacies, to seek it still. In this, (and in so many other ways!) I am blessed beyond what I could ever hope to deserve!

In a world chasing after ephemeral things that will never satisfy (Ecclesiastes 2), the Love (Agape) of Jesus is so much more full of Life (1 John 4:8, John 10:10, John 14:6, Philippians 3:8)!