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Posted about 8 years ago

Where have I been for the last two years?

So it's been over two years since I wrote my last post.  Since then I quit my $120,000+/year government job in September 2014 and started a management consulting business.  That went well until January 2015 when my wife discovered a had been cheating on her.  I was in escrow to buy a home in Palmdale and I fell out of escrow.  I devastated my family, which moved back to my wife's house in Lancaster.  I moved into an apartment in Santa Clarita.  I loved my wife and my cheating had to do with my lack of self-love, self-worth, and my inability to effectively manage my emotions.  I allowed my emotions to manage me and my actions.

I went through a process of rediscovering myself and understanding why I behaved the way I did.  It took a lot of self reflection and humbleness.  I worked things out with my wife who allowed me to return to my family in Lancaster.  In March 2015 all hell broke loose with my business.  I ended my first management consulting contract (not on the best of terms with the client) and didn't have anything lined up.  I ran out of cash, charged up my credit cards and defaulted on loans.  I was forced to go on the County (welfare) and unemployment. For six months we were barely able to make ends meet.  But during this time my wife and I became closer than ever.  We would meditate every morning and go to the gym (I was still able to pay for a my gum membership).  It was a rough time, but we made it through.

In September 2015 I was offered a management consulting job with a non-profit making six figures and only working 30 hours per week.  I'm still at the assignment and I have changed my entire life around.  I know that I am loved (by God Unconditionally and my family) and that I am worthy of love.  I love myself no matter what, and because of that I am able to effectively show love for others.  I show my love for my family on a continuous basis every day.  After myself, they are the most important thing on this earth.

It hasn't been easy, but it's been worth it.  I am spiritually grounded to the point that I have no fear of anything because I know that I am a spiritual being here on earth as a human being for just a small fraction of my soul's experience, and there is nothing in existence that can cause any damage to my soul, other than that which I give authority to.  So I choose to embrace the spiritual authority that God gives all of us (including freewill), I choose to walk in faith (not fear, worry or concern), and I choose to allow the Holy Spirit to guide me.  I even wrote a FREE ebook about the things that God spoke to me during the summer of 2014 when I was lost.  It's call Declarations: Written by Michael C. Evans, inspired by God:

https://byallmeansnecessary.files.wordpress.com/20...

So here I am, ready to get back on track with my purpose in life: to bring people back to God using my spiritual gifts.  I've been at this crossroad before (three times to be exact) and each time I turned away because I wasn't ready.  I wasn't grounded in my beliefs, my beliefs about myself and God.  I wasn't grounded in Love.  Now I do everything with the intention of Love, and it doesn't matter to me whether people like it or not, whether they accept me or not.  I'm doing what I'm doing out of love.  So that's my story.  Let's see where the next chapter takes me.

Stay Blessed!


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