07/18/2023
I love this job.
Congratulations to Eric and his beautiful family! Brand new Silverado. The picture speaks for itself.
Throughout my life, I always wondered what i’d be doing when i’m older? Everyone asked the question, on every birthday, or the start of every school year, “What do YOU want to be, when you grow up?”
I never had the same answers as the other kids, they wanted to be doctors, firefighters, soldiers, astronauts, you know, the typical answer. But for me, every time I was asked this very simple, incredible open ended question, all my brain could think of was “I don’t know”.
This wasn’t just as a child though, oh no. I kept this answer THE answer to that question, anytime it was asked. All the way up until i was… 20. This year was the year I’m pretty positive I figured out what I want to do.
Weather it’s capturing it on photo, or not. There is something so precious, inhumanly angelic, quite literally unexplainable, about the way I feel, after doing genuine good. Knowing i’ve made an impact, somewhere, on someone. Knowing that I did right by me, and did my all to help. No amount of payment, fancy cars, or anything above the 1% ladder, is comparable to the feeling I get, when I look into someone’s eyes, and see them sparkle. I genuinely believe we never grow up. Our minds may change, become withered, and crammed with stress, but we never grow up. I’ve learned this through speaking with people of all ages, the CHILD in them is still there. If you don’t believe me, go ask any of your elders about a time they were younger, that they remember, in which they were unbelievably excited or happy. I guarantee you, they’ll smile, their eyes will become wide, and you’ll see a side of them you never have before. Being able to bring out the child, the vulnerable, emotional, and deeply repressed REAL human that is inside us. Buried deep under Trauma, Stress, Politics, Death, Sadness, Jealousy. They are there. Waiting.
Being able to work for Jack Chevrolet was originally a way for me to get out of a toxic environment, reconnect with my family, and focus on me. While all of that is still important to me, and always will be, I now realize there’s a bigger reason for me being here. I found what I want to do. No matter how, when, why, or anything in between, I want to help. In anyway physically possible. People, Animals, Insects, plants, things people care about. Anything and everything that means something to someone. There has never been a better payment then seeing someone’s eyes glow. The same way I know they must have, when walking by a toy store, when they were much, much younger. Laughter, Smiles, Big sighs of relief, Happy tears, Even just looking a little more comfortable in their chair, makes me full.
I’ll end with this, a quote that has stuck with me since I first heard it.
“Time is your most valuable commodity. You can always make more money, but you will never, make more time. Every moment that passes, is a moment gone. You will never, see it again.”
Thank you to my Dad for putting me on the path. Thank you to Mike And Jim for teaching me what they have. I’m excited to continue learning, and even more excited to continue being able to help.