I haven’t blogged since January 8, 2024 where I had written a few thoughts about trying to live with a positive attitude. The daily choice to overcome the challenges with a sense of humor, purpose and a resolve to find the faith, forgiveness, and fortitude to move forward. It’s not easy, is it?
This past year was challenging. We pressed on, we kept busy, we worked, we prayed, and we didn’t quit. I enjoy meeting and talking to people as much as I do performing, filming, and tailgating with my favorite pitmaster friends, and I’ve learned this message over and over… we are all in this together. This never changes.
The disappointments of life affect us all. The tragedies, the heartbreaks, the wins and losses. There is no escape from this truth. While on the road, I noticed a sign in a Mexican restaurant that read, “Losers quit when they get tired, Winners quit when they’ve won”. I loved it! I think that describes us. We all get tired, but we can win this thing if we don’t quit.
So, I’m blogging now. After a year of keeping my head down, pouring into the work of being present, talking with real people face to face, living their lives and doing the best they could where they were. YOU uplift me. If you surround yourself with people who respect other people even when you disagree, always looking for how we can work together, you will be blessed and find peace. The strong values of faith, family, friends, the love we have for our country and desire for doing good where we are, is what I found while traveling doing the events, sharing the love and making new memories. It was the best way to spend the time amidst the constant negativity we didn’t have to look hard to find.
I was blessed to entertain, serve, and enjoy everyone I had a chance to meet. I plan on doing the same this year and try to do it even better! I’m going to blog again this year. The cloud has been lifted. Last year some of you noticed we started this thing called “Gatin N Grillin”. We are in the process of putting together another big step in this project. In short, we’re bringing the tailgate to you and we love the message we’re taking with us. You know we’re going to have a lot of fun. Also, thanks for the love you’ve shown my new album and musical show “Alabama Soul”….we’ve just begun.
There’s two words that I think define this life more than most. “Regret or Redeem”. We have regrets when we feel like there was something we didn’t do or could have done but either chose not to, or we simply were dealt a bad hand and couldn’t. Which is why I love the word “Redeem”. The word redeem means to gain or regain something. Of course, you knew this already. But do you think about it in terms of how we live each day? In other words, are you redeeming the time you have been given? The only way to erase regrets, is to redeem the next opportunity with doing better. Just the act of trying to do better will redeem your spirit.
Bottom line is, I want to redeem the time in 2025! I want to do it even better. Cheers to us and wishing all of us the best for the new year! No regrets only redemption!
Love big,
See you down the Road!
Love Big,
Kevin