Showing posts with label Motivation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Motivation. Show all posts

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Living Our Ridiculous Dreams

The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. John 1:5


After Kamron was born I could feel subtle changes in my life that come with being a young father. I was 25 with no real direction in life... Fast forward through a couple years of banking, women, college and minor league football to 2010 and here you have the beginning of a dream. I'd become best friends with Daniel from playing ball together but we'd known each other since I was in high school because I was a family friend. It was actually dope because he became my little brother almost. You saw one you saw the other. We used to play Xbox for hours during the day and fantasize about moving to Atlanta and living this crazy life where we'd have this nice apartment and have to buzz people in all day. After a couple of trips to Atlanta I knew this could be a possibility for us.... One of the things about life I struggle with is understanding that people come into your life for seasons. Some come longer than others but there's always a reason and it may not be revealed until years later. Looking back I can see that Daniel helped me to reconnect with my imagination. In 2010 I started sketching T-shirt ideas with no thought of owning a clothing company. I was still getting up every morning going to the credit union and spending 8 miserable hours there. This was when the universe started to work for me.. 

Monday, July 31, 2017

Living Our Ridiculous Dreams

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" Philippians 4:13

One September morning (after a long night of drinking and strippers in the wonderful city of New Orleans for my cousin's wedding) I got a phone call about a job in Atlanta. I definitely didn't see myself working in bankruptcy but I figured I'd go for the interview. I had already been working at the credit union for over five years, and I was sure my recent mention to the VP of Operations about wanting to become a loan officer didn't even make it to her inner ear. I was living the dream as some would say depending on their circumstances. A young black man working behind the glass with a pretty large amount of money in my hands daily... people really thought I made it. I always thought they were undervaluing what I thought was a very amazing gift. The only problem with that was I never knew what my gift was...