I had this thought in my mind that just kept telling me I could do it one more time and this time it would be different.

And so I needed to get high and I didn't know how. I was with a friend of mine and I said I bet you if I go to a different branch of the bank

that they won't catch me so I went to a different bank branch and I brought another check and I went to cash it and they were taking way too long.

And intuitively, I knew that I was about to get in trouble and they had my ID, they had the check, and I just took off running.

And then I went on the run for three or four days and eventually I just knew I was going to have to turn myself in,

and I came back to my house and I'd been missing from my house for days and it was morning I snuck in before my mom had woken up I went up to my bedroom and then I came up I laid down to try to get some rest and my mom

must have heard me snuck in she called the cops and I fell asleep and I woke up to

the cops waking me up in bed and bringing me

downstairs to arrest me for eight felony for injury charges.

Hello friends welcome back to the Light Watkins show I'm Light Watkins and I love to interview ordinary folks just like you and me who've taken extraordinary leaps of faith in the direction of their

path, their purpose, or what they've identified as their mission in life, and in doing so,

they've been able to positively impact and inspire the lives of many other people who've either

heard about their story or who've witnessed them in action or people who've directly benefited

from their work.

And what I found after conducting hundreds of interviews

with luminaries who found their purpose

is that there was always a moment where they hit

upon some sort of internal crossroads,

where they could either go in one direction

of fitting in or another direction

of doing the thing that they feel called to do.

And 99.9% of the time, the people who end up following their

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