Hartland Hodge I wish you a prosperous existence for you are an individual whom has the uncanny ability to erect positivity from seemingly sheer nothingness. And I chose to use the words "seemingly sheer nothingness" because you have an entrepreneurial state of mind which enjoys bringing things to life that will better the community as well as yourself. Now I could be mistaken, however, I've never known you to be soley driven per the want to obtain a vast amount of finances for self. Now I have known you to want to better others by means of teaching the fundamentals that one would need to be a productive member of society. I have always sensed a hint of you wanting to be amongst those whom made the formatting and or managing and supervisory status of something viable. I caught a hint of that want in you when I learned that you partook of an internship that placed you in a vocation with the Boy Scouts of America. I was impressed with the fact that you actually held an internship with the Boyscouts of America. Now I imagined myself in your shoes before I graduated from T.S.U. and said that I'd not want to get an internship with the Boyscouts of America if I were to be an Inroder. I would have wanted a job with a major corporation like I.B.M., Lucent Technologies, Motorola or the like. Then again I was not geared in the same field or want for that matter as you were directed. Primarily I wanted to be in a position whereby I could make an above average wage and I would have knowledge and skill that other companies desired. I had planned to work for a few different companies and then branch off into doing contractual work. Whilst being a contractor I would build a firmer knowledge of the computer realm and than I would begin my own contractual firm with a few other choice individuals. Now this desire in me had been given birth whilst I was in college and I began to form a landscape of my future career. I wanted to know and be able to do things in the technical field that would cause agreements to be made by other companies to literally pay my future co owned firm extremely well for it's services. Now mind you that was the thought of me back in the mid to late nineties and I was in route to materializing such a goal. Now mind you it was hard work and my time for self was sparse. I would work overtime hours at work and "just" a 40 hour work week was seldom realized. I had streamlined my life for the most part to accomplishing a annual high 6 figure low 7 figure salary within an approximate decade timespan. I had a girl that would satisfy my manly desires any time that I wished for them to be quenched and she allowed me to have her whenever, however and where ever. She bequeath herself to me and she was fairly of the acceptance of me putting work, grad school class, studying, exercising and miscellaneous time for whatever abs cure things that would come about before dealing with her. In hindsight Hartland I should have treated her better and I would do certain things being of the mutually agreed upon understanding that if she did not like the situation then I would send her out to the pasture. Now Harlan I had no ill will in me it was just that I determined that I wanted financial freedom before I hit the age of 50 years old. In hindsight the chances of me arriving at my goal would have driven me so far from obtaining or even wanting a valid Christian spiritual saturation. As I had little knowledge of the gospels back before my motorcycle accident and I had a bare minimum want to learn of the Word. Now I am tempted to want to hate the mentality of the old (me), but, I have made my piece with God and asked him for his forgiveness. And I am bound to live my life to the best of my ability within the parameters of God's Will. Now I wish you great success with your enterprise and I know that you have a good, caring, dedicated heart. And from people with a heart such as you have good things do emerge because Harlan you have a strong work ethic, formidable mind and you give God his praise as you should. You are very resourceful and again you are a man that thinks outside of the box and that demonstrates confidence and belief in self. What I did not take note of when we were in college is your appreciation to the Heavenly Father. Then again if you did in fact give God his necessary praise it would probably have just floated over my head because I was so far from such thoughts. I was not interested in thanking God for the things that I had because believe it or not for the most part I thought that I was well deserving of them. Again in hindsight I feel very foolish, but, you don't know something until you know it and now I definitely know it. Harlan as we all are works in progress and I will be a continual work until my life leaves this world. I thank God for allowing me to learn and live according to his wishes and I am eternally grateful for him allowing me to do so. Harlan I know that starting a company is very hard and the work and attentiveness needed can and probably will seem overwhelming. When such times of frustration come about turn to the scripture, competent individuals and yo boyz (note make sure they are worthy and competent friends). And I'll be beginning my job with the Convergys Corporation next week and I am very excited and blessed. I shall communicate with you via e-mail as I may have thoughts, advice and or questions that I would like to put before you. Continue to do the best that you can and may God continue to bless both you and your son. I shall holla back in due time and God bless.
Scoot
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