We are recording our podcast from our studio at Home2 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and although today has been another busy day with various projects, we are thankful to have the work to do and the skills needed to complete them successfully.
This episode will be released on Father’s Day the 21st day of June, and I just want to express my admiration and love to my dad, Hal Chamberlain, who is nearly 85, still living, and in relatively good health. Dad loves us without condition and has been a good and Godly example to all 10 of his kids, our spouses, his 40 grandchildren and at last count I believe 20 great-grandchildren (so far). Thanks Dad! We love you. Talk about planting and harvesting, Dad planted very well and has harvested in abundance.
Just as in my personal life, Dad’s expectations of life as a young man and the reality of life as he is nearer to the finish line are drastically different. There have been many struggles, hardships, and difficulties that were not anticipated, but there were also blessings in abundance and the legacy that he and mom left will impact all of eternity. Even this podcast and journal are a direct result of their impact on me.
On our Trek today, we want to explore the difference between the expectations and realities of life. With most mountainous hiking trips, when you start out the trail is smooth and wide, and we think, “Wow! This is going to be easy.”
In the same manner, as we start into adulthood we know so much about life we feel that we have it all together, and our parents and older associates have missed the boat somehow.
We plan out our lives with dreams and ambitions, and we feel that the road to success will be typically smooth. And then, life gets in the way. We get busy living life, and the years just rush by. And, before you know it, you are in your 50s and 60s and you wonder, “What just happened?”
If you have not reached that point in your life yet, realize that it will also happen to you and be prepared for life’s mountains and valley and the trails twist and turns. No matter what age you are or what season of life you are in, it is never too late to remember to enjoy and celebrate life each day, regardless of how rough the path is. This...
