A river meets the ocean eventually. No matter how winding, slow, or seemingly endless the journey, the water always finds its way home. That’s how I think about my own life. I’ve never been one for shortcuts or quick wins. My journey has been long—six years in the Marine Corps infantry, nearly two decades building a company, and now, another path, one that asks me to write, to lead in a new way, to build something greater than myself once again.
I believe in the value of time and persistence. Some lessons can’t be rushed. It took all six years in the Marines for me to become something worth believing in. It took twenty years in business to build something that truly mattered. It takes years, sometimes a lifetime, to become a leader, to become the kind of person who can make a difference. And yet, we live in a time when patience is in short supply. We want change now. We want solutions immediately. We want leadership without the burden of the journey it takes to earn it.
But true transformation—whether in ourselves or in the world—demands more. It demands faith. Faith that if we put our heads down and do the work, if we act with good hearts and pure intentions, others will see the vision and want to join us. Faith that something great can come from steady hands, clear purpose, and the willingness to keep going when the path is long and uncertain.
Right now, we are a nation divided. Fractured. We are constantly being told that we must choose a side, that we must fight, that we must see each other as enemies. But I have faith in something greater. I have faith that there is another way. That if we commit to the long road—the one that values patience, integrity, and the work of bringing people together—we can build something extraordinary. Not through outrage, not through shortcuts, but through the steady, determined march toward something better.
I don’t pretend that my journey ahead will be any easier than the ones before it. But I’ve never sought ease, only purpose. And my purpose now is to help change the way we see each other, to remind us that we are not enemies, that this country is not beyond repair, that faith in something greater—something good—is still possible.
A river meets the ocean eventually. And I intend to keep going until I get there.
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