Today’s blog will be a chapter from my book that I am writing called “Beauty within Destruction”
Yesterday I received some bittersweet news, I was let go from a job I became extremely attached to. It was not the first time I was let go from a job and it probably will not be the last. While my mind still ponders about the reasoning, I began to feel a thousand things. Life is full of twist and turns and this was just another experience to learn from. Before we go too far deep into the season I am in currently lets pause for a second.
My name is Tavarius Felton, I am currently 31 and I love to do everything unless I don’t want to do it presently. That is my beauty and gift; I understand the power of time. Time is greatest gift that we give so willingly, when you change your outlook on time , you change your life. The last 3 years of my life have been totally different yet every year has 365 days and seven days a week. So what’s different?
Most people when they think of time try to quantify it, but the real way to meausure time is to qualify it. Simply put everyone has a different experience on earth depending on what they do with their time. Know one has more time in their days or weeks but the quality in which that time is put to use is what makes our life different from the next person.
Now lets revisit my obstacle that I just encountered yesterday, being fired is never fun. Especially when you love the purpose behind the job, but no job is perfect. This particular job I did not apply for and I would have never visited the area. It was the epitome of the right time meeting at the right place alongside the right people. Now you may be asking if everything was right what went wrong?
Here is where the story begins and quickly ends , it starts with understanding seasons. I began my assignment in April , fresh from being a professor at several esteem universities. I was looking for a different challenge, one that would take considerably more of my time. Up to this point I had a successful start to my young career. A professor by 23, business owner by 25 and earned six figures by 26. I was entering into a season where I wanted to be challenged with a job that needed 100 percent committed. Which led me to my first love, basketball; I knew it would allow me to teach something that I was passionate about. What I didn’t know was the assignment I was accepting was built on shaky foundation.
In this book I hope to open your eyes to corporate inequities, following your purpose and trusting your path. All of these will connect at some point but just remember to keep an open mind as you learn nothing when its closed. This book will be your playbook to either rising in the pigfest called capitalism or living within your purpose. Both can be achieved by reading this book but only one will give you more quality time on earth. Let’s begin….
