“I’ve been telling myself since the age of twelve: ‘I’ve got to...

“I’ve been telling myself since the age of twelve: ‘I’ve got to be a mogul.  I’ve got to be the greatest.  I’ve got to get my family out of the hood.’  I started working full time at the age of eighteen, doing door-to-door sales for a gas and electric company.  They’d give me $20 every time I signed up a new customer.  I worked harder than anyone.  I’d wake up at 6 AM every day.  I became one of their top performing vendors.  I opened new offices.  I trained people to work for me.  I thought I was happy, but it was just temporary happiness.  I was money-minded.  I was only chasing vanity.  I didn’t care about nobody.  Not you.  Not your family.  The only thing I cared about was what you could do for me.  But Shanice changed all that.  She made me more spiritual.  She’s loving.  She’s caring.  And she’s confident.  I thought I was confident, but I was just cocky.  Shanice is confident.  She knows what she deserves.  She gives out nothing but love, and that’s what she expects.  I can’t imagine calling her out of her name.  I can’t imagine hurting her feelings.  I can’t imagine breaking her heart.  I put her on such a high pedestal.  I was scared to even touch her when we met.  But now that she’s let me up on the pedestal with her, I want to take her even higher.”