Gregory describes his morning feeding. He feeds about 100 street cats every day at 4am. His friend Kendra feeds 100s more. It's a full time job with no pay and no days off. Mr.G is LEGEND.

No matter where you are in life. Everyone has something to be grateful for. Don't compare your life to others. Compariison is the theif of joy.

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, but not in every case. My father was a complete jerk, a narcisistic sociopath, but I am nothing like him.

From an early age, both my twin brother and I realized our father wanted nothing to do with us. He did not put his bad habits on us, or any habits for that matter.

This was a blessing in disguise.

Gregory Brandt (Mr.G) is a writer in Honolulu, Hawaii. He feeds a colony of steet cats every morning before sunrise. He's been doing it daily for four years. There is an estimated 2 million homeless cats in Hawaii. Mr.G feeds a handful. This monoluge is about being grateful for everything you have. Sometimes it's hard, but you have to remind yourself how lucky you are. "Comparrison is the theif of joy." The only person you should compete with is the person you were yesterday.

In the future, nonfiction biographies and personal stories will need to be more accurate. Your phone is tracking where you go. There is meta data on every photo you take. If someone wrote a false memoir, you could eaisly check their recipts.

For a non fiction writer like myself, I like this idea. I'm not the kinda person to complain about security cameras, because I have nothing to hide. One of my favorite expressions is "Knowledge is power." I try to get as much knowledge for me and others as possible.

Mr.G gives you stats on what happens when parents read to their kids and what happens when parents don't read to their kids. He tells you about his 4th Grade English teacher Mrs. Brown.

Gregory's mom read to him and his twin brother Michael when they were little kids. She didn't have custody, but she made sure to read to her sons whenever she saw them or whenever they visited. Gregory can see how importaint it was as an adult.

Gregory also benefited from the Thousand Oaks Elemementry school, their teachers, and, more imortaintly, their awesome library.

Gregory Brandt is a writer in Hawaii who feeds a colony of street cats every morning before sunrise.

Gregory Brandt (Mr.G) talks about basketball culture in the NBA and what seperates Champions from other teams. It's unlike any other sport, where the same teams usually win the Championship, and the reason is culture and mindset. Just like in life, you need an unexpected occurence or an unecpected hero to change someone's mindset. If you want to manifest something, you have to believe it to already be true. It's hard to unbelieve something, like your team is always losing and will never win a championship. The shot by Sean Elliot changed the mindset and the course of history. Talk about the "Butterfly Effect." What if that shot had not gone in? What if San Antonio lost the game and the series? There would be no talk of a Spurs Dynasty. C

Gregory Brandt (Mr.G) is a writer in Honolulu, Hawaii. He feeds a colony of street cats every morning before sunrise. There is an estimated 2 million homeless cats in Hawaii. Mr.G writes, reads, and uploads a new essay almost every day. He also does a short podcast. The podcast does not usually have to do with cats and more on current events. His daily essays are usally written right after he feeds his colony, so must of the time he is talking about that.

Gregory graduated from the University of Texas School of Journalism in 2010 with a degree in print journalism.