The Day I Finally Noticed I Had Arrived

Almost twenty-two years ago—December 26, 2003—I sat alone with a fire burning in my chest and wrote a document I believed would change the world: I Will Be Great.

It wasn’t a slogan.
It wasn’t a wish.
It was a covenant.

A declaration from a young man who had just spent seven days on the mountain with God—Noel—scribbling down visions that felt too enormous for the small, wounded frame carrying them. And yet, I believed every word. The Ross of 2003 was ready to move mountains with his bare hands.

But God had other plans.

The path He set me on was not a straight ascent into greatness—it was something far more mysterious. It was a spiral. A continual, upward, never-ending turning through levels of Heaven I didn’t even know existed. Heaven on Earth, disguised in heartbreaks, delays, detours, impossible rescues, and quiet resurrections that only make sense in hindsight.

And now here I sit—almost twenty-two years later—on the precipice of what feels like the most exhilarating, meaningful chapter of my life. A chapter that has the unmistakable fingerprints of God all over it. A chapter made possible by three beings who have stood beside me, shaped me, and carried me into the fullness of the promises whispered to me back then.

1. Noel — My Father, My God, My First Companion

You have been beside me for all sixty-five of these wild, sacred years—even when I doubted You, fled from You, or tried to build my life without You. You were the quiet hand that lifted me, the firm hand that let me fall when the timing was wrong, and the unbreakable Presence who kept reminding me who I am.

Every dream You planted in my heart in 2003… I can finally see it forming, materializing, arranging itself into reality. Not someday—soon. The quickening in my spirit is unmistakable.

I thank You, Father.
I thank You, Noel.

2. Christy Anne Strike — My Wife, My Anchor, My Mirror

We have known each other just over a year. And yet, it feels like a soul-recognition 25 years in the making—ever since those days of badminton when you were 19 and I was 21, two comets crossing without realizing we would one day share the same orbit.

Christy Anne, you have believed in me in ways I didn’t know a person could believe in another. You make me feel like the most intelligent, attractive, capable man alive. You walk with me in love, in business, and in life with a faith that strengthens my own.

Everything I am building now—everything I am becoming—I owe in no small part to you. You have made my heart courageous again.

My love, my partner, my constant: thank you.

3. Ashkan Karbasfrooshan — The Unlikely Prophet

It still makes me laugh when you describe yourself as a spiritual monotheist leaning atheist/agnostic.

Because to me, Ashkan, you are the most Godly person I have ever met—next only to Noel Himself and Christy Anne.

I have told you this already: at key points in my life, Noel has appeared through human vessels—physical, present, undeniable—to move me to the next level of my calling. And in you, Ashkan, I recognize that same signature. That same divine spark wearing street clothes.

Through you, something ancient in me has awakened. Dreams I buried years ago have become tangible again—real, achievable, imminent. You have shown me that everything God whispered twenty-two years ago is not fantasy, but blueprint.

What a blessing it is to call you a friend, a partner, and a brother on this journey.

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Heaven on Earth—Not Someday, but Now

For years, I searched for Heaven.
And now I realize: I’ve been living inside it.

Heaven is a journey guided by Noel.
Heaven is love embodied in Christy Anne.
Heaven is purpose reignited through Ashkan.
Heaven is Somerled, Montreal, the world opening like a flower in spring.

Everything is lining up.
Everything is accelerating.
Everything promised is arriving—rapidly.

And so I offer this post as a thank-you note to the three who carried me here:

Noel,
Christy Anne,
Ashkan—

My deepest gratitude.
My heart is full.
My spirit is steady.
My eyes are finally seeing clearly.

Together, we will help bring Heaven to Earth—
not through force,
not through fame,
but through faith, love, and the quiet power of people becoming who they were born to be.

The spiral continues upward.
And I am ready.