Hello.
Welcome.
My name is Lew Redman.
Thank you so much for being here.
January 2nd,
2015.
On the top of a mountain in Joshua Tree National Park,
I opened my journal and found myself writing,
To My Future Sons and Daughters.
What came next stopped me in my tracks.
I was asked a question by a higher power,
God,
An angel,
Jesus,
Who knows?
But I know it wasn't my mind.
The question was,
Do you want all that life has in store for you?
Of course I do.
Everybody does.
Yet my answer came with sacrifice.
If I really wanted all that life had in store for me,
What this voice was saying is that I needed to stop drinking.
I wrestled with the thought,
How could I,
A 25 year old who drank multiple times a week for the better part of the last decade,
Be in the world without alcohol?
I didn't know if I could do it.
But as I looked down at the letter,
I thought,
What kind of man would I be if I didn't answer the call?
So I finished writing the sentence,
To My Future Sons and Daughters,
On this day,
January 2nd,
2015,
I,
Lewis Redman,
Stop drinking.
I closed the journal and it was as if the sky opened up and poured into me the greatest amount of love and ecstasy I have ever felt.
The proclamation to my future kids catalyzed a spiritual awakening that transformed every aspect of my life.
It's the reason I'm sharing with you now,
Over a decade later.
Although it was hard to abstain those first years,
I can honestly say I have not been drunk since.
If you've listened to some of my work,
You may have already heard my story.
I share about it in many different pieces of content.
So why am I telling it now?
A guru is a spiritual teacher who mirrors back your light and shadows and guides you towards awakening to who you really are.
I've yet to find my teacher in the way Ram Dass found Nareem Crowley Baba.
However,
When I think of that decision I made in Joshua Tree,
It feels like my future sons and daughters have been my guru.
They helped me get sober,
Put me on a path of spiritual discipline,
And led me to pursue work that aligns with my gifts and makes a positive difference.
They helped me learn how to love God with all my heart.
In that way,
My unborn kids have taught me more about life than any living teacher has.
And guess what?
My wife is expecting our first child soon.
I get to meet my guru.
I thank you if you've followed me on here for a while.
I thank you for your support,
Your blessings in so many ways.
I talk a lot about purpose and sharing your gifts and in so many ways I feel like being a father is such a foundation to my purpose and hopefully the gifts I have to share.
So I'm sure I'll have stories and lessons that will come from that journey.
I hear it's the greatest and the hardest thing.
Many of you are listening that our mothers and fathers can definitely affirm.
Maybe leave a comment to confirm that truth.
And I thank you for your blessings and I look forward to sharing more about this journey and what comes of it.
And hopefully in a way that adds value to your life.
So stay tuned and chat soon.
