The older adults tend to get, the more complex they make life. In the early years of imaginations, dreaming of becoming a doctor, firefighter and inventor, kids were encouraged to think big. Sure, any goal requires discipline and hard work, but vision provides a sense of direction for individuals to aim or shoot for in life. This is where I began my journey toward success.
These images never included my own back yard, community or neighborhood. This was too narrow and small, lacking a grand design. Thus, I pursued opportunities across state lines, throughout the nation and for a few weeks, to Canada to attempt to play professional golf. Through the ups and downs and the peaks and valleys, God has brought me full circle to my own back yard to begin 2014.
In the PAX television series Hope Island, Cameron Daddo played a pastor of a small church, running away from a dark past and a father he could never please. In the season finale, Cameron’s father, a famous evangelist similar to Billy Graham, invites him to join the ministry team and one day take over the ministry. Excited by the offer, Daddo is torn between leaving a legacy or serving his congregation in his own backyard. His answer is found in the attached you tube.
As for me, long gone are the days of becoming famous or attaining national recognition. Rather, I feel called by the Holy Spirit to be a loving husband, a little league coach in Newark and support my children in their endeavors. This reality may not come close to the fame encountered during countless goal setting sessions, yet for 2014 its where I need to be. While students will be touched to feed starving people in 3rd world nations, there are plenty of places to start today to help others in your own backyard.
by Jay Mankus
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