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We’ve all asked it. That soul-searching question that perfectly combines our daydreams and our passions into the ultimate “what if?” scenario: “What would I do if money wasn’t an issue?”

“Things rarely get stuck because of lack of time. They get stuck because the doing of them has not been defined.” Now, take a moment to read that again.

Someone once said that parenting a young child is like having a tiny wrecking ball who follows you around all day, undoing everything you just did.

But then, nobody ever said raising kids would be easy, right?

Fun Fact: One American president read an entire book before breakfast. Every. Single. Day.

While in the White House, Teddy Roosevelt always read at least one book before eating breakfast. When the chief executive didn’t have official business in the evening, he’d read another two or three books before bed.

He had a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

He had dozens of awards, from Emmys to Golden Globes.

Then, in the middle of filming a major movie, he started displaying the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. In 1998, he went public about his debilitating illness.

Have you heard the one about the two shoe salesmen sent to a foreign country to assess the market? It is, perhaps, the most famous story on the motivational circuit and it goes a little something like this…

When we’re challenged to forgive, both ourselves and others, there is the underlying—and defining—aspect of choice. The result, and resulting growth are within our power… we just need to courage to embrace it.

I invite you to take a moment to ponder this thought: We are acknowledged in life by our level of service.

With an economic system that’s based on the exchange of goods and services, we learn early the enjoyment of being of service, getting a paycheck, and the satisfaction that comes from completing a day’s work. As parents, we encourage our children to seek out their own path to live a life of service. Even in reading the Bible, God underscores the importance of serving him and others.