There are many paths in life. They all at some point lead to two inevitable and distinctive paths or choices. Are you stuck on the path you originally set out on? Is it too late?
I don't think so. This is what I did.
My name is Joshua. I'm 35 years old as of late September. This is my story.
Growing up I was a bit of a rebel and always in trouble. I had the record for most write ups in school. I was proud of that back then.....now, not so much. When I got to highschool I wasn't I wasn't much better. Although my grades were good. I was always a muscular intimidating guy who was down to fight and I used this quality for something I am actually proud of. If people were making fun of others who had mental or physical disabilities or not in the cool kids group I would let them(bullies) know that they should quit what they were doing and do it to me first, as they(the bullied) were my friend/friends and that they(bullies) would have to go through me first. That usually stopped the abuse. I did go to church where I was an usher and prayer leader at a large Christian church. As a Christian I still did questionable things. Like going to raves and underground sales...if you know what I mean.
I've done a number of things for work. Mostly construction with a dabble of sales experience. I only bring this up to show you where I came from and how I am today. I used to be a stripper at a ladies club. That's a strip club women go to watch men strip. I used to drink like half a bottle of 151 a night 5 nights a week . So much so that I would be almost in a continual state of memory loss every night. I also used other substances. The images below should illustrate the point.
I then took a break and went to trade school. The course I took was UDT or ultimate diver training. Commercial diver was the career I was going for. I passed top of my class. Advanced physics was by far the toughest course. I was officially a certified underwater welder and inspector. Things didn't pan out as I used my 1 job placement for a new conglomerate company that I thought was going to be huge energy/dive company due to some not so thorough research. Had I had done my research properly I would have known it was going to be just a large energy company who contracts the services of dive contractors who would be the ones in which I should have been seeking employment. Anyway, I was still dancing at a ladies club in Houston while going to school to pay the bills. I went back to Austin Texas. I worked for a local dive company for a while and left because I had issues with safety as I had just graduated from school and of that safety stuff was still very fresh in my mind.
Sooo, back to the night job again. I worked there for a number of years and began to say I would never get married as women were more like a commodity at this point in my life....I know, a sad way to look at people. It was actually so bad that I prayed to the Creator and said that if He wanted me to quit acting this way and be with ONE girl than I needed certain qualities. So wouldn't you know it, while working my night job, a group of women came in for a women's night out birthday party as happened so frequently. There was something different about this group....a girl. Of course, I didn't know it at the time. This girl who I was obviously attracted to like many before her was just different somehow. She stuck to me and wouldn't just leave like I was so accustomed to. We began to date, I was still working at night.
Fast forward....we were both up to no good together. We still partied....a lot. As seen here in this image.
I ended up drinking and driving. I hit some trees and hurt us both. I got into some trouble, obviously not the first time. Now, through all of this I have a daughter who I was neglecting by not being there for her. I was quit self-centered. This behavior concerning my daughter always bothered me inside . So I started to sober up a bit. My wife and I started researching the crazy illuminati stuff on the internet with the music and movie industries. Basically we both said, "well if these luciferians are so serious maybe we ought to look into the scriptures more." I asked in what I thought to be the Father's name at the time(Yahweh) to show me the truth and to use me as He will. Boy, He let us have it!!! We must have been going non-stop for weeks all day as I was blessed with time and didn't have to work much. So much was being revealed to us we almost couldn't take it. That girl who seemed like just a girl I met at just a b-day party became my wife.
Best decision I ever made. We are the best of friends and study partners. We were changed together. I quit drinking and partying all together. I now do not even have a beer or a glass of wine EVER. I now only drink coffee and smoke my e-cig. So I'm pretty much straight edge with my sobriety, although I don't judge others.
I started hammering people about the scriptures and what they should be doing on Facebook. I then realized even what I had learned could be a corruption of the truth. I then decided to start a YouTube channel just place before others what I had learned. I wasn't going to be judgemental, pushy, or condemning as I was starting to see others become. Not only that but teachers are responsible for what they teach and I didn't want to teach wrongly, just share what I was learning. I need a microphone, better computer, and time to keep the videos coming out. I was watching some of 
I have also been a great father and a positive role model in my daughter's life. Helping her turn her views around from being a troublemaker with bad grades to a good little girl with good grades. We also work on mutual respect of others and strong moral fortitude. I'm now very active in her life. Staying in contact with her, her mom, and her teachers. i go to parent-teacher meetings, trips, functions, and school related events. I help her with homework and guide her through the beginnings of life as I should have always done. I'm now a real respectable dad. That's a great feeling. My wife has been a HUGE support and is great with my daughter as well as her own. We, together, are now great, sober, and supportive parents to both our children. I wanted to ad some images to illustrate. They are below.
Studying the good book
children's sporting events
Arts and crafts
Games and gardening
School events
Spending quality time
JUST BEING A REAL,LOVING, AND SUPPORTIVE FAMILY
I now work in solar. I install both residential and commercial solar systems. Helping to bring change to the energy field. A cleaner and renewable energy with less carbon footprint.
So, if you're reading this, whoever you are. It's never too late to be a better version of you. To be stronger, to become part of the twinkle in a child's eyes, or anyone's, or the Father's most importantly. To be accountable. To be the change you want to see in the world. You know, I hold the door open for everyone I see when I'm out and about. Sometimes 20 people or more at the corner store even when I'm in a hurry. Not for the thank you I get. I do it so that one or all of those people don't have to open the door for themselves. I do it to make a bad day better for them. I do it so they can look at this crazy world of self centeredness and delusion and see that on that day there was one person who cared. So that they may see hope even as small as that. Just a flicker of light in a dark world. Why? Because I want to be the Light of the world. Each and everyone of us can be that light....His Light.
Well, that's the condensed version of how I got here. Thanks for reading.
