I tried to post this last night… but I could hardly keep it together.  I lost a very good friend this weekend.  I lost my mentor.  His name was Mark Ruzicka and he was an incredible man.  He was one of my biggest supporters, in fact it was his advertisement that I posted last week.  And it was also his encouragement and advice that finally got me to start this story after clinging to the ledge for many many years.

In a world where most people are too preoccupied with their own lives and success… he was a successful man, who thought mostly about encouraging others.  He lived, the way I believe God would like us all to live.  Fully, passionately, lovingly, and intentionally.  He saw potential in me, when I barely believed in it myself.  He blessed my life with wisdom that I reflect on every single day.  And I was only one of the countless people he helped along the way.  He blessed the lives of every person he came into contact with.  I have lost a great friend, and this world has lost a great champion.

But in spite of all the tears and sadness… I can only think of how lucky I was to be blessed by this man’s life.  I can only pray, to someday be as loving and encouraging as he was in his very full and beautiful life.  The essence of dreaming is seeing that which is not real, as though it were, and believing enough in it to make it real.  He was a dreamer.  And his dreams made the world a better place.

God Bless you Mark.  I will miss you very much.

-Will Terrell

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