There was a time in my life where I got caught up in a lie. - I was constantly out there chasing the wrong things. - I thought I was a big shot. Millionaire, driving a dope car, blowing money on booze and bottles at the club on the weekends. - Then the economic crash of 08’ knocked me flat on my back. - I lost everything. My cars, my wife of the time, my home went into foreclosure and there I was alone, in a hotel room, wondering how I’d managed to lose everything. - It was in those moments I began to realize what was most important to me. - Things that I’d known all along but had ignored because I was enticed to look and feel a certain way. - I’d put my faith in things that were material, things that will rot and age. - It was in those moments I knew there truth. That happiness was what I was after. True, lasting happiness. - In those moments I felt the real stresses of losing my family, not being able to provide for my daughter with one on the way. - I would trade all of the money
Like the Bible says, “There’s a time for everything.” - Theres something to be said for solitude. - Being alone can be some of the most transforming experiences of your life. - You walk into that quiet dark room, alone, full of stress, worries, anger and any other negative emotions and you walk out with a quiet heart, clarity and a new sense of direction. - Call it what you will, meditation, prayer, time to think. - At the end of the day, you just can’t accomplish what you want, through the noise of this world. - There will be times where you need to be alone, still, silent, listening to your God, your heart and intuition. - There you will receive true revelations and breakthroughs. - Does this mean that your work stops and is replaced? Of course not. - Stillness is not a replacement for work, its just an additive.