I am often asked in social situations” so, what do you do?”
My answer,
I’m a writer, speaker, husband, father and grandfather. A servant as well as an executive.
I have succeeded greatly, and I have failed miserably. I have had much and at times very little. I have raised my hands high in worship and praise to God, cried over my situation and questioned his very existence. I have been close to those who have lost everything, as well as those who have so very much. I have been in the middle of chaos and destruction, and experienced the alternative, true peace and contentment.
I almost lost my life at 7 while riding my bicycle then again at 16 after losing control of the car I was driving. At 27 when a gun was placed at my head while sitting in my car in Houston Texas while simply writing a check, kidnapped at gun point and pushed out of my car while the 2-gun men drove off. At 37 while setting a wellhead on an oilwell drilling rig when the hydraulic system supporting a 10,0000 LB blowout prevent above my head slipped only to immediately repressurize and hold just inches above my head. At 46 during a phone conversation where my speech became jumbled, an MRI discovered a brain tumor the size of a golf ball seated in the left lateral ventricle requiring 9 and one-half hours of surgery. I returned to work in 6 weeks. Now as I begin a new phase of life, in many ways my life is just beginning.
I am someone just like you, with life experiences we all face or perhaps could have avoided completely. Often in life, the outcome of our challenges are related to how we see them as they unfold. Unexpectedly and often beyond our control. It’s good to have someone share where they have been. Down that road you are currently on or will be. Someone who has lived and survived those things we all encounter. To have information, compelling evidence and life learned wisdom and understanding to share. From a voice, you trust to say, what’s so.
I tell stories,
True stories my own as well as others who I have met over the course of my now 68 years. That make a difference and remind us of how inter-connected we all are. That success and failure real or imagined is fleeting, that the desire to contribute and make a difference is who we are at our core.
I am an encourager, and my purpose in life is to remind you that you were born with a purpose, and that your commitment and determination to that purpose holds great rewards for you and those around you.
Please stay tuned as Vilma and I work to update our blog format, add a weekly podcast, and I am truly excited to finish my first book for release in 2025
“There Is Much to Learn That Will Take a Willingness to Not Know”
My story of Faith, Family, & Friends!
May God bless your life as you pursue Him. May Gods love and kindness direct you as we are renewed and strengthened as does a new thing on our lives. The journey to our new life is on foot, led by the Spirit and Gods Word, to serve Him and others.
As a way of L. I. F. E
L. Live in confidence that who you are, and what you do make a difference.
I. Invest in others daily
F. Faith in God, your purpose, and in others.
E. Elevate your thinking.
Dwight L. Carter Sr
dwightspeaks.me