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Well, I remember the process that I went through when I was trying to decide whether I wanted to ask my now wife on a date.

And it was a journey.

It took many months for me to come to the conclusion.

She was very, very patient with me.

We were friends before we started dating.

So I was wrestling with these feelings that I started to have for her, that started to develop.

And I was trying to figure out, what do I do with these?

Like, and how do I go about this?

And I was nervous because of our friendship that I was like, man, if I make the wrong move at the wrong time,

like I could ruin this whole thing I could send this all up

in flames around me and it took me a long time to come to the conclusion that no I should ask her

out and it took me a lot of conversations with mentors to understand yes this is the right decision

and then it was like okay this is the right decision. And then it was like, okay, this is the right move,

but what's the right timing?

Like, do I do it right away?

Do I do it later?

And I was kind of dating a girl at the time,

so I had to break up with her first.

I don't know if I've ever, like, said She knows that. She knows that. She knows that.

So it was a complicated process for me. And I needed wisdom to understand the right timing and the right

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