Gratitude Focus: Today, I’m Grateful For People Who Help Accommodate The Vision

Reflection/Why I’m Grateful:

I recently reached out to Nancy about an upcoming event with the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition — a small but meaningful gathering where Sterling K. Brown will be in attendance. I shared my idea to create a visual display featuring my children’s books, Ward and the State and More Than a Conqueror, complete with a QR code so guests could pre-register and stay connected.

Nancy’s response was simple but powerful: “We’ll make it happen.”

Those four words reminded me that vision rarely becomes reality in isolation. It takes people who see what you see — sometimes even before it’s clear — and choose to lean in, build, and believe alongside you.

It’s a living example of what Paul wrote :

“I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.”
— 1 Corinthians 3:6–7 (NIV)

That scripture captures it perfectly — vision requires both initiators and cultivators. Some of us plant, others water, but it’s God who brings the growth. Every time someone says, “We’ll make it happen,” they’re joining in that divine process of turning purpose into progress.

When you find people like that, you don’t take them for granted. You thank them.

 

Who are the people in your life who help bring your vision to life — the ones who water what you’ve planted?

Question for Reflection

 

Hi, I’m Orvin Kimbrough, volunteer, board director, chairman, and CEO. I help professionals move from feeling stuck to being strengthened by reshaping how they think, lead, and live. My work focuses on confidence, leadership, and influence through mindset shifts, expanded networks, and bold, values-aligned action. My perspective is rooted in lived experience, from growing up in foster care to leading complex institutions as a CEO and shaped by faith, resilience, and a deep belief in human potential.

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Books for Every Stage

Twice Over a Man

A memoir often described as a leadership guide wrapped in an honest, relatable story of perseverance, healing, and growth. It explores how pain can be reframed into purpose and how ordinary people build meaningful lives through courage and clarity.

More Than a Conqueror

Written for teens and young adults, this book encourages confidence, resilience, and identity formation during the years when self-belief is being shaped.

Ward and the State

A children’s book that gently introduces big ideas like belonging, courage, and hope, helping young readers see themselves as more than their circumstances

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