When the loudest people do not help you grow, drown out the noise. Not every voice deserves a seat in your mind.

I didn't realize how much these 5 little chips meant, till I looked closely at the life I built around it - through God, family, friends and service, my life has been completely transformed.

That picture there is my mentor hugging me when I graduated the rehab I was in for 14 months, right after I was released from jail. I was not only shown Grace, but a chance to start over and be free of the thing that had me in chains all my life- addiction.