02/21/2024
Absolutely Agree with you and your an Amazing Mentor to ME and many of us. God bless you
MY WIFE JUST LEFT. She’s headed to Puerto Rico for a girls trip. I just dropped kids off at school and sitting in my car ALONE with my thoughts. SOMETIMES it’s when I’m alone I get to appreciate some of the essence of life that gets missed when we are busy doing life. Here are some of the things I’m pondering and praising God for today.
I have a beautiful wife and three amazing boys, each with unique personalities.
I have my whole family still here, my parents and siblings.
I have an incredible church we now call home, and I am so loving my new relationship with Christ because I was ready to get to know Him.
I have a new mission to help the church and school expand to impact more kids and plant GOOD SEEDS in them for their/our future.
I have been blessed with an awesome team in my business all over the country who are family to me. I get to coach and work with them as they develop into thriving entrepreneurs and change their lives.
I have the best friends, some for many years, and some I’ve met through church and I feel such great connections with.
I love my in-laws family, they are so good to me and the boys.
I have been a goals chaser my whole life. It’s never been enough, no matter what I accomplished. When I made six figures, I needed seven. When I made 7 figures, I needed 7 per month. When my investments doubled I needed them to double again. Nothing wrong with being driven, and thinking bigger. But I cannot only be driven, I also need to be pulled by a north star vision. Why am I here? What does all this life mean? This I don’t know for sure. But I do know as I get older and wiser that it’s more about love than anything else. I want to be a “peaceful warrior” like from thr Dan Millman book… noticing all of the things in life so many of us miss.
I am happy to still be driven and have goals to make way more money. But I’m not doing it for me like I used to. I still remain in the trenches of my business working directly with people old and new, because that’s where I can have the most impact on others. After I turned 50, LEGACY seems to be on my mind every single day more than anything else. I have more compassion than ever before. I feel I have become this way because of my associations, especially my wife Melissa. She is the most compassionate person I know. And I feel the Holy Spirit working in me and on me.
If I may offer some advice/insight… spend time around people who make you better, ones who are still growing. Be a seed amongst good seed. I pray to God that I have the discernment to hear his voice as he guides my steps and speaks to my heart, and that I focus more on the people around me. I attached too much of my identity to my financial success and I hear it’s OK by Him to be wildly successful as long as I am doing it for the right reasons and I don’t make it my identity. I identify as a HIS, because I belong to Him. What I have and do is a reflection of my relationship with my real Father in Heaven and the blessings He wants me to be the steward of.
I know lately I post about my Christian faith walk, and that may not be of interest to some. But I hope that you can extract some insights, regardless, that can apply to your life journey.
Sitting here in my car for these last 30 minutes journaling publicly with my friends has been so fulfilling for my soul. Thanks for listening.
