I had a fantastic week of travels and a little celebration to close it all out. I began the week in Atlanta with Philski where we met with a valued client.
These trips have really helped solidify our pathway even though we’re battling to get to the next level. We’re doing a lot of things really well and it’s clients like Megel that really keep me locked in on what matters.
To finish the trip, a little treat… Atlanta Country Club!
Playing historic country clubs has always made me feel some type of way. Great men and women with tremendous accomplishments have walked those grounds and I get motivated and feel renewed when I leave a place like that. Special shout out to Mark Duranski for hooking us up with one incredible day!
As for the rest of the week, it was a little birthday celebration and reflection. One thing I’ve done the past few years is leave most of the birthday messages for a day or three after. I like to make sure I can really digest them, respond to each one, and enjoy the love.
Amidst some wonderful messages, I have to say getting a little birthday video from my niece and nephew was special. Having a niece and nephew who are now old enough to connect with is something I’m enjoying and look forward to experiencing more of.
The end of the week finished with the anniversary of the loss of my dear friend and business partner, Cameron Ross.
If you know me you’ve heard a lot about Cameron. The hardest part about remembering Cameron is looking back at how incredible he was as a man and the impact he had on others oftentimes being overshadowed by the way he left this earth, taking his own life.
I hate saying it… Mostly because I know the type of friend and business partner he was and the positive impact he had on so many people’s lives. I absolutely LOVE Cameron.
Cameron lost a battle with his Mental Health, a mutual battle we often discussed.
Mental Health is NOT “you’re sick or you’re not sick.”
Mental Health is NOT “Mentally ill or mentally healthy.”
5 in 5 people experience stress, trauma, and challenges during their life. Mental Health lives on a continuum where we slide from “thriving” down to “sinking” and everywhere in between.
Some people hang out in the thriving area more, some on the sinking side, but we all live on this continuum.
Some people slide back and forth quickly, some slowly, but again, we are all on the same continuum.
Stress, trauma, and challenges build up like plaque in arteries. Ideations slowly take away from happiness until it becomes unbearable.
I battle these types of negative ideations every day. I haven’t had a day since Cameron passed that I didn’t have a terrible ideation at some point.
I wish I could have caught Cameron in his build up of ideations and just pause him for one moment.
“Let’s talk, bro. Let’s just sit down and talk for a few. I don’t care what we talk about, but I know there’s a storm in your mind and I know the sun is gonna shine. I know this because you bring light to the world in ways I can’t even describe… You just do. You are pure love.”
I’ve spent the last seven years studying to better understand how the mind works. How the evidential mind can take control as master instead of servant. It’s pushed me to take care of myself so I can be a better contributor to society.
Simply put, Cameron passing broke my heart, but it helped fix my vision.
I’d do more than I can describe to give Cameron a big hug and tell him just how much he helped me and others while he was here.
His spirit lives on with Boat Count Investments and the saying we often use which shows the type of team player he really was.
“It’s all about the boat count!”
You are forever in my heart and conscious mind, my friend.
If any of you out there are having ideations build up please discuss those ideations with a friend, family member, or a medical professional. Do it for yourself.
#SameHere
– SJ