Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast Monday and Morning Moments with

John O'Leary. My friend Neil Donald Walsh wrote these words.

Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. More than 20 years ago, my wife, Beth, and I volunteered

to take on a little brother from our local chapter of Big Brother's Big Sisters. We thought we

would be helping a child who needed something we could give.

What we did not expect was how much we would grow and how much that little boy would change our

lives. You see, at the time, I was busy, distracted, stretched incredibly thin,

but that small, that consistent commitment turned into a life-given friendship.

And Beth and I learned an important lesson that still guides us today.

That stepping outside your comfort zone is not about doing more, it's about becoming more.

I was reminded of that lesson when I read the nomination for this month's

on fire for good honoree. Her name is Amy Arisser. Back in 2007, Amy already had a full

plate who doesn't. Back then, she had a demanding job. She had two babies at home and a husband

about to launch a new career.

Most would have said, not now and maybe not ever. But Amy said yes to more. She became a big

sister decision that shaped the course of her life. Within a few years, she was already in a leadership role with the local Big

Brothers Big Sisters chapter. By 2012, she was the CEO and the president of Big Brothers

Big Sisters of the Central Gulf Coast region serving youth in Alabama and Mississippi.

It's a role that she continues even to this day.

Over the years, Amy has walked besides four little sisters through report cards,

through college moves, even through military commissioning ceremonies.

And she became family to Cam, now a U.S. Air Force captain, and her younger sister, Kristen, who's beginning

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