Sure, Why Not Concept Part I

A concept of faith that I’ve applied to my life and relationships 

The Sure! Why not? Concept of faith is defined as when someone presents you with an idea you say Sure! Why not? and listen. If they ask you for feedback you are only allowed to provide positive points of view. That doesn’t mean that later you can’t offer things to look out for or tips for success. Its based on the fact that when someone is sharing something with you for the first time you allow them that initial glow that comes with the excitement of a new idea or dream.

You should start your own business. Sure! Why not?

When we married I was 18 and Chris was 25. We instantly had 2 sons and I got pregnant with our first daughter. By the time I was 19 we were a family of 5. That came with its own challenges but the first one was survival. You know making all the money to pay for needs. Chris was a trim carpenter. He worked for a very kind man who unfortunately died of cancer shortly after we had our first child. This was hard on Chris and he tried working for other companies but it didn’t work out.

With that Moxy that is overflowing with teenagers cause at the time I still was one. I said why don’t you start your own trim carpentry business?  He laughed and said sarcastically, Sure! Why Not? If you can find me builders and figure all the legalities out I’ll do it. 

It took me a week to do the legalities. And 2 weeks to find work. Which was hard because back then there wasn’t internet, email or website. But I did it and he worked his ass off for sometimes as low as $0.25 a square foot. But it was a start and we built that business up together. It was so successful it afforded us to be able to buy cars, work vehicles, trailers, and even two homes. We worked hard and learned a lot of lessons in that first decade of marriage. But the most important lesson was the value of doing something together and earning the confidence that comes with having a life partner at home and at work that is in it as much as you. This has saw us through almost 25 years of marriage.