August 23, 2015 - One Step at a Time

August 23, 2015

Recovering from the emotional fall out that was Me + God Cry-out Session, the seed of peace was planted in my soul and I began to feel that everything would work out.  I had absolutely no idea how that would happen or a timeline of restoration, just a knowing.  The next couple of weeks morphed into an intense time of reflection and quietness.  You know the verse that says, "Be still and KNOW that I am God"?

I'm not really good at the being still part.

I want to DO not BE.  I remember journaling and just writing whatever was on my mind at the time. I guess it was more like a data-dump.  Before all of this, I had always been a prolific writer and journal keeper. But like any muscle not used for a season, some atrophy was present and needed time and regular exercise to get back in shape.

I knew that I needed to participate in supplementing our family income.  However, I needed a career that would allow me to have the flexibility to still be there for my mother as she recovered.  I also wanted the flexibility to go to my daughter's functions and be there when they needed me the most. In one of my quiet time sessions, I heard inside of me these two words.  Real.  Estate.

Ummmm.... God? I've done a LOT of things in my life and I can tell you with great certainty that Real Estate was not one of them.  I didn't know the first thing about selling real estate other than what we have experienced in our own home buying experiences through the years.  Yet, there it was.  Like it was written in letters across my brain.  I remember going into Patrick's home office and asking him for a few minutes.  I wanted to tell him what had been spoken into me and was absolutely sure that he would laugh me right out of his office.  Taking a deep breath, I dove in and about 10 minutes later was completely shocked when he said, "You know Kim, I think that you could be really good at that."

What?  Are you kidding me?  I only knew a couple of people in real estate, so I talked with them to find out exactly how you made money in Real Estate.  The more I talked with people, the more this seed of peace grew into a small germinated seed of excitement and hope.  I went online and found an online course and three weeks later, I had passed and was headed on my way to take my exam. Within a month, I was a licensed agent and on my way to being a Realtor.

I signed on with a company mainly because I knew the Broker from our church.  What I didn't know was that this company was in the stages of merging with one of the largest Real Estate Companies in the world, Keller Williams.

I knew NOTHING about this Keller Williams.  I knew NOTHING about really how to sell property and how to market myself in a local community.  What I knew was that I was hungry to learn and grow.

What I couldn't have known at the time was how much this seed of an idea would be used to touch so many areas of my life.

To Be Continued...