Why Singapore?
My dear friend,
You may be wondering why I chose to start the quest in Singapore. It’s a good question, and, truthfully, I am not exactly sure why I did. It was the first city that came to my mind, but I honestly did not think that it would be the ultimate selection for the start and end point. It really was the providence of God. I have a good friend of mine who is a commercial airline pilot, who flies to Singapore on a regular basis, and he has shared many stories, pictures, and text messages from and about Singapore. Additionally, when I went to the RSA conference last year, I spent quite a while at the Singapore booth, learning about the city/nation. As time has passed, the advantages and benefits of starting in Singapore continue to multiply.
For some reason, it reminds me a bit of the way that my wife and I came to a decision to marry. When I first met her, she made it abundantly clear to me that she was not interested in getting married to anyone, at any point in her life. At the time, I was not especially concerned about that statement. She seemed to be genuinely interested in me, and it was no more than a couple of months later before we had established a solid monogamous relationship. Then my father passed; I was working 65+ hours/week non-stop, after which I started up my own business. Before I really knew what happened, we had been together for about three years, and I started thinking to myself, “I really do want to get married someday!” With that self-realization, I had to seriously consider why I was still dating her. I thought to myself, “If she never wants to get married to anyone, perhaps, I should end our relationship, so that I can begin looking for a woman who does want to get married and raise up a family?”
However, I was too busy with life, and our relationship felt far too comfortable. Therefore, we continued on like that for another year or more.
Then one day, out of the blue! … she asked me when we were going to get married! … as if we had already made the decision to do so!
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