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Chapter 17

Explore, Identify

and Invest in Your Passion

But my literary life would never have seen the light of day if

I hadn’t been willing to invest in my own dream.

- THOMAS DEXTER ‘T.D.’ JAKES | Bishop, Potter’s House
(June 9, 1957 – )

Smyrna, Georgia
DAY SEVEN: TUESDAY MORNING

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TOP. STOP IT … STOP THINKING YOU HAVE IT WORSE THAN ANYONE

else. Your current situation, not to minimize it, is no worse than my
sixteen-month experience on the streets of Kansas City, Lafayette and
Atlanta. Neither is it worse than what my great friend and mentor experienced when
he was declared, “Wanted: Dead or Alive.” His wife was even arrested and locked up
in maximum prison for weeks all to lure him to give up and surrender. But, for several

months, he hid in the thick forest -- barefooted -- the only pair of slippers he had on
with him, over the course of time, tore up and eventually wore off.