Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to this week's Monday moments.

You know, my book on fire is packed with a couple hundred pages of inspiration, of emotion, of love, and of humor. And yet out of all of

those pages and stories and quotes, the one that is most frequently shared back with me by others

after they read it is this one. You can't always choose the path that you walk in life, but you can

always choose the manner in which you walk it.

You know, our incredible live-inspired guests are living proof of that quote.

As they share their lives and their mistakes and their lessons,

they also bring nuggets of life-changing inspiration to you.

We've had thought leaders and authors and musicians

and servants and moms and dads and teachers and coaches and friends. Today, I wanted to share a

special sneak peek of this Thursday's Live-inspired podcast guest. His name is Father Tom Horr.

A dear friend of mine that I grew up with,

her name is Mary Bowler. Shout out to Mary Bowler, who now lives in Massachusetts, shared a remarkable

article about Father Horr. I couldn't wait to have a conversation with Father, so I reached out to him

immediately, and to amp you up for this Thursday's episode, I want to share a short snippet for my conversation with

Father Horr. Here it is. And Father Tom, for those who may not yet know your story, they may not yet know

what you do professionally, give us a glimpse into what you do today. I tell people most of the time

that I'm the guy that walks the dog in the morning. We have a bouvier-Flanders named Grace that we're training as a therapy puppy for our resident community of young men in early recovery.

I live on an 11-acre island in Mystic, Connecticut that is the home of St. Edmund's retreat.

It's the Catholic retreat ministry.

About 17,000 people come to our island each year.

But since 1967, it's been a place where people struggling with addiction and desperation have come to find

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