"Part 10: Read Carl Jeffrey Wright’s In Search of Heroes Interview and Become Inspired" by Ralph Zuranski
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Ralph Zuranski: Jeff, when was the lowest point in your life and how did you change your life-path to one of victory over the obstacles you were facing at that time?
Jeff Wright: Probably the lowest point in my life was the destruction of my marriage. One of the problems that we perhaps don’t recognize as a problem in America, in addition to many of the things that have become put into law in our country, the area of no-fault divorce is unexamined and has caused tremendous devastation in our society.
Jeff Wright: When our laws move to a place where we said that the state’s interest in preserving the family is of lesser importance than one individual’s decision to end or destroy a marriage, particularly where there are children involved, we dealt with what may be a death blow to the more core underpinnings of our society and that is a strong family structure.
Jeff Wright: So I can say I was a victim of a no-fault divorce. I had no desire whatsoever, no intention, to become one of the (I suppose) more than 50% now of people who get married and get divorced.
Jeff Wright: That was a very, very low point for me. Now I had to go and get to a point of forgiveness, I had to get to a point of understanding that even some of the most negative things in your life can be used by God. And I had to recast my misfortune in the context of what God was doing in my life and what he was preparing me for.
Jeff Wright: So I began to look at that experience, which was certainly not one that I would wish on anyone and didn’t ever expect to see in my own case, as one that I could overcome and use as a part of my development as a better person and as a more understanding and more forgiving person going forward. And that’s exactly what happened.
Jeff Wright: All of that came through the guidance of Scripture and through prayer.
Ralph Zuranski: Was there anyone who helped you and gave you the willpower to change things in your life for the better at that time?
Jeff Wright: There were a number of people who poured into my life. It is amazing that when you are in the family of God, when you are a Christian, when you have friends and family members who are disciples of Jesus Christ, the ability of those people that God has put in your life for that purpose to become a source of strength and a place of refuge and a place of respite is just unlike anything you can imagine.
Jeff Wright: So many of my closest friends, Dr. Clarence Walker who is a marriage and family therapist who was just invaluable to me. My own mother who became a tremendous source of comfort and support for me, and many, many friends, all of whom had one thing in common: They understood the Word of God to be the guiding principles for life and they had well-developed and intimate relationships with God and were able to bring into my life the kind of support and encouragement that I needed to overcome.
Ralph Zuranski: How important is it to believe your financial dreams would eventually become reality?
Jeff Wright: The ability to vision properly, whether it’s in the area of finance or in other areas, I think it’s critical to getting from the place of dreaming to the place of reality.
Jeff Wright: I think that Andy Stanley’s definition of a vision is appropriate. He says, “A vision is a clear mental image of what could be, fueled by or powered by the passion that it should be.” And I believe that’s important.
Jeff Wright: I think that when you are looking at financial dreams they have to be about something. People who just want more money just so they can say they have more money, I don’t think that’s a dream. I think that’s just being caught up in the lust of the flesh, the lust of money and the things money can buy. And of course the media is fueling that.
Jeff Wright: I don’t think anyone should focus on financial dreams for the reasons that we see in mass media today. But at the same time I really believe it’s critical to have a clear vision of what it is that you are trying to achieve, to understand that vision empowered by your passion and to have enough clarity about that vision so that you can do what it is that that vision requires.
Jeff Wright: That’s just an important skill and I don’t believe there’s enough vision casting going on right now.