Have you ever been lost? I feel lost right now.

Every week on preaching to the choir, I talk to you guys about something going on in my life.

Sharing of vulnerability, which is typically associated with a difficulty.

And man, I'm going through some difficult times.

I just lost a contract last week.

It's an ongoing process as far as that contract falling apart, but I knew in my heart it was likely going to fall apart.

And it did.

So in eight months, I've lost my company.

I've lost my financial security.

I've lost technically my children that I'm fighting for.

And man, when you think you're at your lowest point

and you're looking for salvation, you're looking for relief,

I get hit up last week and they say, yeah, this contract, we're going to have to cancel it.

So all the financial security and prospect for the future, a more secure future for my family, is gone.

But at the same time, all those difficulties that I could count on both hands that have completely

nearly eviscerated my life, it's like, man, that's very dramatic of you, Mike.

Why?

Well, I'm here talking to you, aren't I?

I'm still breathing, aren't I? I still have the ability to rebuild,

and I will. Bigger and better and stronger than before. It's about your perspective. It's about

the optimism that you choose to live with. I have a healthy family, healthy children, despite the evil

nature of the circumstance. I know there's going to be a day where all of this will be behind me.

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