Darren Hart

You Were Supposed to Be Great: But This Happened...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Neil Investments Inc
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 95mm x 158mm
• ISBN-13: 9781098390495
• ISBN-10: 1098390490
• Artikelnr.: 62437359

Autorenporträt

As I've reflected on my life, I've realized that I am predisposed to helping others. In particular, I have a passion to encourage people to grow into the best version of themselves. I feel that if I can help to empower someone else, I'd also gain a sense of inner satisfaction. As a young man I volunteered to help at a life-skills mentoring program for "At-Risk" teenage boys. Many of those boys were being raised by single-parent mothers and a few were getting into trouble with the law. The community program was named The Afri-Male Institute and I was honored to become the Academy's Program Director after several months of service. The highlight of my service there was seeing a young man, nick-named "Clay," arrive to the program as a juvenile delinquent with possible gang and drug activity, only to go on and to enroll into Howard University. During his time at the Afri-Male Institute, Clay was invited by State Senator Diane Allen to speak at the New Jersey State assembly. His speech convinced assembly members to restore $3 million to the Willingboro School District. Clay now has a business that advocates for people who have been victimized and he provides tools for their empowerment. In addition to my volunteer work, my professional career path also affirmed my desire to help others. Although I graduated college with a Bachelor's degree in business marketing, I realized after working a few years as a business manager, that my career choice was not personally satisfying. Therefore, I made a career change that led me to work as a probation officer. As a probation officer, I began to realize how many of our young men were headed down a very destructive path. They were all walking into the traps set by society. This revelation had burdened me because I could relate to their struggle. You see, I had experienced life in many of the same ways as them, but I was fortunate enough to escape the traps with minimal harm. It was my own life experience that drove me to give back to the community. I've always felt that "There but for the Grace of God go I." It was then that I began to realize that God had a plan for my life. God covered me the whole time that I was "entangled" in the streets. God made a way for me to go to college and that experience changed my perspective, but finding God is what changed my life the most! When I found God and not religion, I began to understand His universal truth and how to apply His spiritual principles. Since God has saved my life, I have a real passion to help to empower others. I especially like to help the folks that society has written-off, because society never expected me to become anything either! But God... He uses foolish things to confound the wise! Over the last several years of my life, I have begun to understand the spiritual principles that guarantee success in life. I believe the Creator of the Universe has shared these insights with me, so that I can share them with whosoever desires The Abundant Life experience.