Trust the Process

Today I write about perseverance and trust. Perseverance because life is not always easy and moving forward is the best medicine. Trust because that's what it takes to put life in perspective in order to push through the complexities and demands that come our way. Can you relate?

I am in a persevering season of life. A childhood dream has recently become a reality and I am now teaching! Although I have had a full career in banking, higher education, and business development, my ethos has been on people and innovation. Yet, it should come as no surprise that a teaching career in the United States can be rewarding but a challenge to sustain. My financial obligations force me to use up my savings and pursue a secondary source of income to make ends meet. I get to revisit my ambitions and determine if this is something I will have to give up in order to reconcile my love of teaching with my experience in management, people, and program development. Until I can reconcile these two worlds I am completely committed to all 180 7th grade students. I hope I can find some support from local businesses to help with paint, furniture, and decorations so that the students can experience a transformative teaching environment. Perseverance simply put means to keep moving forward. I have no plans to settle for anything other than the best as a teacher. Regardless of the financial challenges - because our future leaders, as I call them, deserve the best.

Trust is an even bigger challenge right now. I get to wrestle with this daily. It's a daily reset of my mind and heart to trust the process in my current life journey. I get to show up every day fully committed to those I am serving and trust that the outcome for me and my family will be enough to sustain us and our ambitions in life. Can anyone relate?

Like Abraham, the Patriarch, I find myself on a journey with God trusting that his direction for my life will result in bringing Him glory. Trust is at the cornerstone of why I chose to teach instead of continuing to pursue a career in Corporate America. I chose it because teaching found me (I'll write more about this at a later time) and I answered the call to support the needs of a school, community, families, and their children. There are many vacancies in education right now. For the same reasons, I shared earlier. But I felt that this was God's calling for me at this time in my life and that I would do well to act on faith and trust the process. There is something that I will learn from this that will make me a better individual, better employee, better friend, and better father to my children.

It can be difficult at times to consider the positions that I once held in Banking, Higher Education, and most recently in Car Manufacturing and how they compare to my current career as a Teacher. However, if this is God's calling for me then it doesn't matter, does it? What matters is that I persevere and trust so that I can push through and create what God will help me create in time.

If you find yourself in transition, look to perseverance and trust as part of the tools for success. They reward you with fulfillment and joy. Something that money cannot buy.