A Hero's Journey

 

What does choose to live a hero’s journey mean to me? It means making every moment count.  It means putting others first.  It means loving and living life to its fullest.  It means contributing to society, being a good person, and helping others on life’s journey.

My husband and I started a rental property management company with my father-in-law and brother-in-law.  My husband and I put up the start up money and my father-in-law and Brother-in-law ran the company.  After 5 years and no return on our investment, we decided to become more involved in the company.  We found that my father-in-law spent every last dime, no matter how much came in.  the company actually made tons of money, but my FIL just couldn’t control his spending.  He not only kept spending all the money, but he kept dipping into the owners trust account, which was illegal.  After talking to him again and again, and after a few more years and hiring an accountant, we finally asked to be bought out of the company.  It was hurting our relationship with the family, and we felt it wasn’t worth it.  My father-in-law agreed to let us out but only wanted to give us half of our original investment.  By this time, we agreed because we were worried about the liability of lawsuits because of his illegal practices.  He kept promising to give us the buyout money the following month and again the following month.  Finally, we just signed the company over to him and my BIL.  The company has been a huge blessing in both of their lives, and even though we lost our entire investment, we are happy, and we feel good that we were able to bless our family. 

My father-in-law is nearing the end of his life and I once told him that someday he will regret his pursuit of money, over his integrity and relationship with his children.  I believe that he will have to ask himself  someday soon “have I contributed something meaningful? Am I a good person? And who did I love, and who loved me?”  and I fear for him that he wont like the answers to those questions. 

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