Raised and grown in the deep pit of life experience. At one point I had lost my confidence, I lost my voice, I lost my strength, and I lost my own self respect. It was a clear signal the day that I knew it was time for me to get be a coach again. I was walking along on a snow packed street in Ockelbo, Sweden. I can see a man on the other side of the road trudging his two wheeled walker through 4 inches of packed snow with wheels no larger than the foldable scooter from the 1990s. I admired him as I did many Europeans that were self sustainable in these small towns without cars. They seemed to age well with a less "convenient" lifestyle.

Walking past the church I attended on Sundays, I found myself looking out towards the slight patch of blue that was combating with the thick grey clouds covering the town. I'd found a little community home within my new city, I'd found friends, I'd settled into my role on the basketball team and I was having the success that was anticipated from the community. More importantly, in that moment, I realized that I had found a peace that had eluded me since I was 10 years old. On that walk, I did not have any thoughts fighting for time. I was simply experiencing the present moment and it fought to leave me to my thoughts.

Something told me that this was not just a momentary bliss. I was changing. I had been changing. I'd found Jesus, I'd found repentance, I'd found freedom from future worry, and I'd found acceptance from past mistakes.

As I've explained to thousands of people in the past, from people on an airplane, to kids and adults at parks, to audience members online, and coaching clients, there is a horizon ahead of you in life. Your current story does not have to be your forever story. I am here to serve you, so that at the end of my life, God will look at me and tell me that I've done well. I changed with my coaches and mentors in my life because of the work that I did outside of our trainings. It matters that you're committed because I will be committed to your growth.