<p>&ldquo;I feel like I have been lied to&rdquo; said Nathan. These were not the words you would expect to hear from a<br />
successful businessman when asked about his plans for retirement. Through twenty five years as the<br />
owner of a small business, Nathan had achieved the modern definition of a successful life. His home<br />
and business shared space on a ten acre Colorado property. He owns a second home on the coast of<br />
Florida where he keeps an expensive boat and all the gear to support his love of fishing. &ldquo;They told me<br />
&lsquo;he who owns the most toys wins,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;but I don&rsquo;t feel like I&rsquo;ve won anything.&rdquo;</p><p><br />
Nathan had collided with the reality that the version of success presented by modern society is smoke<br />
and mirrors designed to distract us all from the true purpose of life. The definition of success being sold<br />
to our society is a lie.</p><p><br />
Like Nathan, I had once been a business owner with cash flow, assets and opportunity yet I found myself<br />
looking beyond all of that, longing for a deeper meaning from life. What should have been the pinnacle<br />
of my personal success became instead a pivot point that turned my life to a new direction.<br />
Through a small prayer, asking for understanding, I unknowingly opened a door that allowed God to<br />
move me off of a Caribbean beach and into a modern wilderness where He changed both my definition<br />
of success, and my understanding of life.</p><p><br />
In order to save me from myself, God took me to exile.</p>