Life Map
It’s that time again for me. Another son 18 years old and graduating high school with plans and dreams all his own. He marches to the beat of his own drum and it’s something that I am proud of to see in him. He’s going against the grain, not going to college and pursuing a career as a carpenter. Of course, I worry, it’s scary to watch your child take off on the unbeaten path, but I also know that great people travel those roads less traveled and that’s where they forge their greatness. From here, it is his life, and I must trust I gave him the tools to trust his heart and follow his dreams. It's time for me to give him room to live his life his way. These moments in life always inspire in me what I hope my boys learned from me and hope they can use what I have learned as a guide, a life map perhaps from the trail I blazed: This can be a cruel and unfair world but kindness abounds in every moment, in every corner, it’s your choice to see it or not. Se...