Gratitude Focus: Today, I’m Grateful For New Beginnings.

Reflection/Why I’m Grateful:

Yesterday was a full day of meetings, and I ended it with a social hour alongside a colleague who is transitioning from our business into the nonprofit world to pursue his passion. It was good to simply hang out, to listen to his heart for purpose, and to hear what he hopes to accomplish in this next chapter. He shared what his time at the bank has meant to him, to the community, and to his own growth.

I wish him well, and I pray his new beginning is filled with impact and joy. Moments like this remind me that careers may change, but calling and purpose are what sustain us.

“Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?”
— Isaiah 43:19

Where in your life might God be calling you to a new beginning?

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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