Thursday, January 24, 2013

What I would do if money and Success were Guaranteed


I've often heard people ask the question what would you do if you knew money wasn't a factor and success was guaranteed?
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My response:

I would pick up and move to Asia. Work under people doing the same things I want to do, and learn the in's and outs of sex trafficking prevention.

Then I would start a tuk tuk business in America that would promote awareness of sex trafficking while also generating a profit which could be used to create a sustainable community in Thailand.
That community in Thailand would also have a sister community stateside, where a group of people commit to living in community locally as well as internationally. Providing support to each other as well as to a developing nation, to empower local Thais to train, raise up and create communities based on the needs that they deem necessary and are able to do in a culturally sensitive way. Not to impose but to empower.

I would create a community stateside of young people who are passionate about seeing the Kingdom furthered and who are unwilling to settle for status quo. A community that has open doors for the surrounding community; a safe haven for young people to seek out their dreams and desires no matter how far reaching they are. To actively engage in the places society refuses to reach out and touch. The broken in spirit, torn down and worn down generation. Whose dreams can not be caged in to the confines of their imagination but who constantly seek to transform them into reality. Complete with community garden, and sustainability. (I'm really just a hippy at heart)

 I would seek to surround myself with individuals who are passionate about the same things, who are unwilling to quit or give up. I would not fear rocky beginnings, hard times, days, weeks, months, or years of complete and utter reliance on the Lord. I would see failing as a stepping stone for where I want to be, and I would not wait for other people to decide their path in order to gain direction on where I should spend my time investing.
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Then of course the punchline is, "Then go out and do it anyways"

I was not a business major, nor do I have any idea if any of my ideas are feasible. I do however believe none of those things matter. Once you start moving towards something things fall either into place or out of place, so why worry about having it all figured out right now. A rough sketch is really all I need.

So here's to me no longer waiting on everyone else to decide what they want to do with their life before I start to figure out whats right for me.

It's go time.

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