gumption

Consider this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

2 Corinthians 9:6

I heard this reading at mass the other day, and it got me thinking about the immediate future. I've been more than seriously considering pushing through with a vision that has been in my mind for the past 2 years. A lot of circumstances have changed since then (as in... I'm now a husband and a father), but still this vision has been even clearer and even more specific since it was conceived.

The vision is bascially a small business. I don't want to give away too many details, but let me tell you... it has the potential to be more than a business, but a community that empowers, connects and engages people. Because in the end, a true vision completely involves people as opposed to a business which is really just concerned about the bottom line.

Now that I'm a family man, and a hopeful entrepeneur, it makes a lot of things uncertain. As a true man who wants to provide for a family, a new business venture can be unstable financially. But if I don't follow this vision, I might be living the in-between job longer than intended...and never showing my kids that dad had enough gumption to believe and achieve.

Basically, if I never take the chance, I'll never reap the blessings. If I never take the risk, I could never fully tell my children "To follow their passion, and their hearts" simply because I never lived those words.

So please say a quick prayer for me, that in the end, I'll make the right decision at the right time. In fact say a prayer for anyone seriously and sincerely on the quest for living an abundant and passionate life.

Life isn't always cut and dry, but our actions should be.

man vs. nature

cloth diapers are so much better for the environment. not so much better when you don't have any left, and you had to wash them late at night and you're really tired. You win this time environment! *shaking fist

honest speak

i miss my wife. i miss my daughter. terribly. that is all.

Newborn Life

observations and changes now that I'm a first-time father with a newborn:

• I no longer sleep, I take power naps
• I'd be crying all the time too If I pissed myself 8-12 times a day
• pack it, just in case
• laundry, laundry, laundry every other day day day
• boobs are now... fountains of life
• eat whenever you have a chance
• every moment matters. enjoy.

That's it for now... Nap Time for daddy.

Audrey

I just had to put an entry to bookmark the biggest moment of my life right now. As you can tell from the picture to your right... I'm a father! I'm overwhelmed, tired, but also crazy excited that I had to blog about it at 1am in the morning.

That's it for now. I'm sure this will be the first of many blogs about this new chapter of life.

And before I forget, thanks to all those who left any type of facebook lovin'. it really means so much, and they really are so very encouraging. it's almost like fuel that helps us to keep going despite how drained and tired we are (and it's only been 2 days!) so keep the love comin'!

p.s. I'M A DAD!