Cracked Up

:Growing up under the greatest generation I was taught with hard work comes success.Through lifes journeys there will be moments of brief failures. During these times it is aboutfaith, hope and the will to never give up. I left a career as a police officer to become achiropractor. The dream was to build a practice that would help change people\\'s livesthrough chiropractic performance. I worked hard and was becoming successful but throughbad business decisions and uncontrollable circumstances it all crashed. The dream wasshattered. Suddenly I was a total failure. I was about to crack up. The business and my worldwere surrounded with drugs, sex and alcohol. There would be depression, anxiety, fatigue,thoughts of suicide and finally bankruptcy. There were no cookbooks or self-help guides to getthrough the broken dream. Strength would come from family, great friends, exercise and nevergiving up on the dream. Failure will test confidence, will and your faith. Hope will keep you aliveduring the battle. Throughout my life I had more success than failures. The past will help withyour future. It allowed me to write my own cookbook to overcome my struggle with the momentof failure. Failure is not the end of the dream. It can be the beginning of a new dream. Don'tcrack up and remember Life is always good. David R. Hall