Gratitude Focus: Today, I’m Grateful For The Ability To Change My Mind

Reflection/Why I’m Grateful:

The last two weeks have been intense—full of strategy sessions, planning, and engaging deeply with my team. I woke up this morning feeling the toll of that intensity, knowing I was supposed to fly to DC for a volunteer commission I serve on. But when I reviewed the schedule, I realized that the timing just didn’t make sense. With a critical bank board meeting the very next day and another trip later this week, it would have been too much strain.

I had just enough wiggle room in my schedule to make a different decision—one that preserves my energy and focus. And the truth is, it took some reframing and grace to accept that I don’t need to be everywhere. Today, I’m giving thanks for the freedom to adjust, the wisdom to discern what’s necessary, and the grace to be okay with saying “not this time.”

“The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.”

— Proverbs 16:9 (ESV)

 

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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