Today I listened to Conseulo Castillo Kickbush talk about her upbringing and living in a boxcar in a field in Illinois. It reminded me of my time in South Africa and the idea that we must be grateful but we must never be content. Â Kickbush came from nothing and made herself into a success by her own standards and by national standards. She kept pushing and trying and striving to be more than her situation.
That’s the job as I see it. Not the profession but the job. My job in life is to be an example to those around and after of what can be possible. Conseulo called it the American dream. I agree with her.
The world we live in doesn’t want us to succeed. Our families sometimes don’t want us to succeed. However, when we see success we want to succeed. We want a chance to be the glory we see and we want someone to see that glory in us. What few of us recognize is that there is always a pathway to some level of success if we give ourselves permission to take the steps to get there. The ones who fail are the believers. They believe the world that tells them no. The job is to show them yes.