At the time I thought my life was taking off. What I considered confidence was in fact ego which is not a relative of confidence. One is built on a foundation of delusional self will run riot and the later is built on humility. August 2004.
How close I was to a disaster I did not see. The sky was the limit. An airplane trying to climb with its nose up and losing power will stall when the air stops passing over the wing. In a stall, the plane drops from the sky quickly. The ensuing cork screw spin toward earth can only be stopped by right actions---God does not intervene.
In August we visited Aaron at MBA in Oregon. We were all together and it felt like family. Aaron was clean. He and Patrick made amends. Healing was underway. Aaron had done much work. As a father I didn't do mine. The works should not have been too much for me but I let other things into my life...things like self importance. My career would have been just fine had I maintained the status quo. How much else would have survived I dare to contemplate.
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