God Pushed Me

God Pushed Me: Anyone that knows me clearly understands that I fervently believe in God. In fact I have a long history of believing, which started at a very tender age. You see; I grew up in nature, in fact it surrounded me. As I grew older I would hike into the forest, there I would have I guess you would say a communion with nature. Even then it became obvious to me that there was a unique energy that somehow was clearly connected to the universe. As my adolescent years started to pass; I recognized that certain events were shaping my life that I didn't exactly understand, but they were also shaping my future.

It's not uncommon to ask people how did you become this or how did you become that, what caused you to pursue your career. It's been my experience that a certain portion of them will freely admit that they felt compelled to do so, it was as if there was some force in the background opening up— just the right doors at the right time. Ensuring successful outcomes on the path in life they were chosen for.

Don't ask me why, but I learned at an early age to trust Divine Providence, it always seemed to me that there was a guide. Different people came in and out of my life at just the right moment to move me in the direction that was meant to be.

I'm not suggesting that bad things don't happen to good people, and yes; I've had my share of what many would consider to be very uncomfortable situations. Although I did not like it at the time; as I reflect back it seemed like those situations forced me to re-navigate my course. I always felt like I was blessed to being shepard.

Several seminal points in my life led me to become a commercial photographer. The earliest one happened when I was about eight or nine years old. A gentleman owed my father some money and he gave dad a camera. It happened to be one of those that had absolutely no auto features on it, everything had to be done manually. One evening I was sitting on the floor trying to figure out how this camera worked, and why…

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