This Awkward Life

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The old proverb says, “In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.”
But what if that crown isn’t about power at all?

Trying to win a war on two fronts will drain even the strongest army. History shows us that dividing attention, energy, and resources almost always leads to exhaustion, mistakes, and collapse. But this isn’t just a military problem—it’s a human one.

In this episode, we talk about what it’s like to fight battles on multiple fronts at the same time: external pressure and internal doubt, responsibilities pulling one way while fear pulls another, faith fighting fatigue. When you’re constantly reacting instead of advancing, it feels like there’s never a moment to regroup.

This conversation is about recognizing when you’re stretched too thin, why fighting everything at once rarely leads to victory, and how clarity—knowing which front actually matters—can change the outcome. You may not be able to end every battle today, but you can stop fighting the wrong ones.

There was a time when coming home to an empty house was normal.
A key on a string, a quiet kitchen, and a few hours to yourself before anyone else got home.

In this episode, we talk about what it meant to be a latchkey kid—how that season shaped independence, resilience, and sometimes loneliness. We reflect on the silence of those afternoons, the small responsibilities we learned early, and the way those moments still echo into adulthood.

Yeah. We are just going to keep the streak alive with this one.

If your life never changed, would you be okay with it?

It’s a question most of us don’t slow down long enough to ask. We spend so much time chasing what’s missing, fixing what’s broken, or obsessing over the few things that aren’t going right—while quietly overlooking everything that already is.

This episode is an invitation to pause and take inventory. Not of what you wish was different, but of what’s actually good right now. The steady relationships. The routines that work. The blessings we’ve normalized. If nothing changed tomorrow, would the life you’re living today still be enough? And if not—what does that reveal about where your focus has been?

Sometimes peace doesn’t come from change… it comes from learning to see clearly.

Growing up, one of my favorite baseball players was Steve Avery, a dominant pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. Before injuries changed his career, he was electric—one of the best on the mound. Recently, watching old clips of his playing days stirred a deeper thought in me.

All of us, at some point, have been hurt. Wounded. Spiritually injured. And the dangerous story we tell ourselves is this: I used to be good before I got hurt. This episode is a reminder not to live in that sentence. You are not defined by the injury. You are not finished because you fell. Healing is possible. Growth is still ahead. Get back up. Recover. And don’t let it be said that the best of you only existed before the pain.

The first episode in February. I am feeling good about the podcast so far in 2026. Please share with someone that may need or enjoy these episodes.

Everyone should have a file on God. A physical files of all the miracles He has preformed for you. It would help us in times of doubting and to always remember all thatn Jesus has done for us.

Found out that collectibles really aren't considered collateral. Kinda hurt my feelings.