Believe, build and do!

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12/18/2019

The main message that I would want to convey is that we need to believe, build and do.  

Believing in ourselves is where it all begins.  Taking an honest inventory of your strengths, weaknesses, abilities and resources is the first giant step on our journey.  Incorporating your talents and passions into this assessment will help you to come up with the answer to this questions: "What do you want to DO when you grow up?"  

Building upon that information will help you strategize a plan.  What type of life do you really want to have?  How much will you give back to the community?  How much debt are you willing to incur?  Are you willing to sacrifice what is needed in the early startup stages of our business?  Those parameters need to be identified and a concrete A, B and C plan need to be drafted.  Counsel with friends, family and mentors that you trust.  They can help tweak with your plan and give you sound advice.  Please pray about your plans.  Heavenly Father is there to lead and guide you to where He needs you to be.  

Doing what you love is the ideal goal.  Getting paid to do what you love is absolutely necessary too.  Getting paid to do what your love is not going to be easy.  We have a friend who is an excellent horse trainer.  He knows everything about them and is an expert in his field.  His horses have won big races and he's made their owners a lot of money.  He loves what he does.  I don't doubt that when he wakes up in the wee early morning hours, way before the sun has begun to rise, he thinks "oh boy!  I get to work with horses all day!"  His passion for his occupation is wonderful.  The only downside is that it does not pay well.  But he's happy and his wife is happy that he's happy (although she would really love a big house someday).  Although he doesn't have a big house with a big fancy car, he has joy and he has found his passion.  There is value in that.

I have also been fortunate to do what I love.  I love being a wife and mother and I also love my little business transporting students with special needs.  Some years we make a lot of money and some years we barely break even.  The rising costs of vehicle repairs, taxes and insurance seem to take the wind out of my sails, if I let them.  I try not to.  I love what I do and I find joy and value in each day.  

My final advice to you:  This is your journey.  Find your path and find your joy.


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