Thank you for reading this entry and for sharing your experiences. The decision of allowing ourselves to be a victim or a champion is one that replays itself throughout our lives. It seems, whichever we were more prone to gravitating toward, early on, determines our mindset as adults. If we were prone to feeling like a victim, then we naturally become knee jerk, reactors instead of taking the initially uncertain action of a champion. Changing from the victim mentality takes that conscious effort and decision.

I’m glad to hear you are listening to your own inner calling. So often, people are concerned about what will happen to them or their family (and rightfully so) if they don’t stick with what they’re accustomed to, even if they are miserable in doing it. However, I think someone such as yourself is setting a far better example by following that which fulfills you.

Even if times are lean for a while, you will have shown your family the importance of not stifling their passion and dreams just to do something “safe” or “acceptable”, all the while sacrificing or subduing their true feelings. I’ve come to the conclusion that I can handle lean times far better than I can doing something outside my purpose or passion. When we take purposeful, fulfilling action, whether in our daily interactions or our career, we are truly living what I feel life was meant to be. We are thriving instead of surviving.

All the best to you and your family, Adam!