Anytime I start something new I'm excited though I think I'm more excited about this than anything I've done.
And I've done a lot!
As a "Professional Christian" I got to travel the nation because we had successfully transformed a rinky-dink inner city Church into a diverse, vibrant and action oriented community.
As the first ever Director of the Louisville Coalition for the Homeless we opened one of the nation's first Day Center's so homeless people would have a place to go during the day where they could focus on overcoming the issues that led to their homelessness.
As the President of Union Mission, Inc. I oversaw the transformation of a $40,000/year homeless shelter into a $13 Million/year diverse management corporation. We also reduced the city's homeless population by more than half!
Then the shit hit the fan.
It happened in this order. My Dad died. A project I'd spent years working on blew up and made me look like an idiot in the press. The Head of our Finance Department misused $1 Million. My wife decided that was a perfect time to leave. Then I left a career which had already left me.It was pretty rough for a while.
NOW I'M HAPPIER THAN I'VE EVER BEEN!
Everybody lives through dark times. Hell, some of us barely see the light of day. But there are ways to get through them. I did. You can too!
Check out the things we're doing at www.meellc.com where our first session is "Surviving Dark Times."
I want to tell you, life is a lot better in the sunshine.
