How has what is missing from you life impacted you? Does loss change the way we view the world or ourselves? Today I want to introduce you to Chema, Chema is on that is a kind and gentle sparkle of light, one that values presence and pressing into the joy found in the everyday moments of life, and one that has found time and again, that something will come when we are willing to press forward  He shares why he is proud of what he does and how he loves getting to look forward to what he does, in being behind the camera, but also in the places his work has brought him and allowed him to be present in He shares what losing his dad was like at 10 years old, how that changed the course of his life, and how he will never fully know how that changed him, but that it has shaped him We talk about what a softer world might be like, one without harshness, one where we focused on being gentle with those around us first We talk about the the difference between excitement and stress, why when teaching someone else it matters most that we can put ourselves in their shoes and explain something in a way that works for them He shares how one of his early trips changed him and made him into the Chema that he is today and how he hopes others will press in to knowing and experinceing other cultures Chema is one I am grateful to learn from, grateful for his patience, his ability to be gentle and approach others with a soft and listening ear, one that pushes past his own fears and one that amplifies the joy of others So tune in today and meet Chema, a man worth learning why life is worth learning from  And to you Chema thank you, thank you for all the ways I’ve been able to learn from you, for being someone that loves last minute adventures, for your heart for others, and most of all, that I get to call you friend @chema.ball