What I Liked Most About "Chasing Happiness: The Jonas Brothers"

I want to write again. Not to market. Not to drive traffic. Not for any purpose but to express my heart and the monumental moments I experience in day to day life that I don't want to forget.

I want my 40 year old self to revisit this post and say, "Wow. I remember what they felt like." So here we go.

I just watched Chasing Happiness the documentary about the Jonas Brothers and it changed my life. I absolutely love how they showed the rising success of what I knew to be three pretty white boys talking about The Year 3000.

Little did I know, they grew up as pastor's kids and completely disowned by their church and community because they weren't performing "christian" music. Man, do I know what that feels like.

Sometimes church isn't church in the moments it's trying to be a church. Those can sometimes be the most painful to experience.

They go on to talk about the many challenges they faced from sickness, fame, jealousy, and lost identity. They even discuss the issues they had with each other as brothers. I think that's such a healthy thing.

Communication seems to be a common thing amongst anything labeled as "healthy,” but it's the number one thing we lack most as people. We grieve in pain but we don't communicate it. We sit in agony but we don't communicate it. We tolerate confusion and anxiety but we don't communicate it...to anyone. Not to God, not to each other...and that's where we need to figure out how to communicate because that's when healing can take place.

By the end of the film you see that the happiness they were longing for wasn't in the money, fame, or fortune. It was in them being brothers and being able to do something monumental together.

I often wonder about that. How many times do we chase what we're told to chase? We're told by media to chase a certain lifestyle only to feel empty when we obtain it.

I don't ever want to be that way. I always want to value relationship most. I really do believe it's the most valuable treasure I have.

I'm building a business called Pay It Forward Taxes with one of my best friends, Delicia Hamilton. It’s really really in place to build capital so that we can invest in other things like property, real estate, and business. In my heart I have a really good feeling about it. I really feel like it’s going to work. It almost feels like “the stars are aligned” and everything is in the right place as the right time.

One of my dreams is to retire my parents. They’re young and healthy and definitely aren’t going anywhere any time soon, but I want to free them from the 9-5 and give them what they gave me - freedom and opportunity. I want to care for the people that matter most to me and I want to help care for the people that matter most to them.

In this season of my life I believe so much in my purpose. I know it sound selfish to some, but I honestly believe so much in myself. I’m so confident in the God in me, that there isn’t anything I couldn’t do. I so believe in the reason for which I was sent...and I'll live every day fulfilling it.

I love my friends and family so much and I'm so grateful for everything I have.

Just wanted to capture the moment.

Gnight.