Hey, I’m Steve, theGoodWordGuy,
In 2001, I was at the height of my career and was living my dream life. I had 6 small children, married a wonderful southern girl and owned and operated a very successful restaurant. Then I heard the worst words of my life, “You have cancer.” I found myself in a battle with Stage 2 Colon Cancer at the age of 41.
JOURNALING WAS TALKING TO MYSELF AND I LIKED IT.
After my first ballgame with cancer, I started journaling my life’s trauma that I was living at the time. So this website is a cut and paste of all the journaling I did when I was sick and in a life panic. Much of what I journaled was just me trying to make sense of my life to myself. If you have been through a serious life trauma you know what I mean…
My journaling includes some early life history, 40 some years of spiritual desolation, a self healing plan I wrote for myself and the answer to my never ending quest in life, “What is the meaning of my life.” My journal written 20 years ago which is when I was sick the first time with cancer. It has laid dormant until April, 2023.
During this same time, I found myself heavily involved in social media. I was taking on every detail of every event I read about. I became angry at people I didn’t know for ideas I didn’t fully understand. This included all the hatred being spewed everywhere, the upside down national and world politics, the uncontrolled crime, racial tension and pure evil. This all became way too personal. I would read the news for hours on social media, listen to talk radio everyday and find my mind and heart becoming overtaken by fear and anger.
The anxiety and frustration got much bigger than myself. I didn’t like what and who I had become and how I treated people. In April of 2023, I had an epiphany and my purpose and meaning of life smacked me in the face a few times. I’m still pretty stubborn so it took a few smacks to get my attention. Part of my epiphany delivered me from this crazy mental torture. So, I simply walked away from following all of craziness of this world and found some peace and much needed joy.
I began filling my mind with affirmative, uplifting thoughts (my wife made me). I committed to focusing on a positive (good) word and a good thought each day. Well, here we go with thegoodwordguy.org which not only tells a story but creates a place you can ponder on my good thought and good word each day.
I live in a suburb of the beautiful city of Charlotte, North Carolina. I have been blessed with a wonderful southern wife ( I’m from Ohio so its a big deal ), six grown children and 15 grandchildren. Our kids have managed to harbor 8 dogs, 7 cats, 5 chickens, 2 ducks and 5 fish. We lost a duck and our only rabbit last year. My wife and I are retired so you will find us with our grandchildren, salt water and fresh water fishing, trying to keep my garden and my wife’s flowers alive and living a life full of new found joy. We are also heavily involved in three non profits, two of which we own and operate.
Steve, TheGoodWordGuy again. Let’s find out how to contact me on to the next page,