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You Are One Choice Away From Changing The Rest of Your Life
The kicker, the choice has to be yours, and you can’t live life with regrets.
Joe grew up in a family where he was mostly walking on eggshells. His decisions were based solely on the mood of others. With each decision he made, he was on the hunt for acceptance and approval from those he was surrounded with.
That’s what his parents taught him, live their path in life, not his.
The problem was that at such a young age, Joe had no control over who he was around most of the time. So he made many decisions he wasn’t comfortable with.
Joe always asked the opinions of others as he stumbled through life.
He attended college like everyone else. It wasn’t something he wanted to do, but to feel accepted, he chose it based on how others would view him. So the best option was to go, even if it wasn’t something he wanted to do. He jumped from major to major and even had a stint in D-1 football when he made the team as a walk-in. But with every choice, Joe had a great fear of regret. Joe lived life on “what ifs.”
After college, he got married; again, he was on the fence with a choice to…
