Ryan Blair

I've had some major miracles in my life, and the very fact that I'm alive here today talking to you and sharing this with you is a miracle. So I think the first step to bringing more miracles into your life is just to start to recognize those miracles around you and then opening your heart to the fact that if you're open to miracles, they can actually come to you.

I've had some major miracles in my life, and the very fact that I'm alive here today talking to you and sharing this with you is a miracle. So I think the first step to bringing more miracles into your life is just to start to recognize those miracles around you and then opening your heart to the fact that if you're open to miracles, they can actually come to you.

Nice to meet you. Nice to see you. Thank you for having me.

Nice to meet you. Nice to see you. Thank you for having me.

Nice to meet you. Nice to see you. Thank you for having me.

Yeah, that was a long time ago, but there's a lot of things that I reflect on to this day. And I was raised in a, I started out in a middle-class environment. So I had all the perfect situation. I had a pool in my backyard. I had new clothing come school time, lots of presents underneath the Christmas tree. And by the outside, it looked like we had the perfect family.

Yeah, that was a long time ago, but there's a lot of things that I reflect on to this day. And I was raised in a, I started out in a middle-class environment. So I had all the perfect situation. I had a pool in my backyard. I had new clothing come school time, lots of presents underneath the Christmas tree. And by the outside, it looked like we had the perfect family.

Yeah, that was a long time ago, but there's a lot of things that I reflect on to this day. And I was raised in a, I started out in a middle-class environment. So I had all the perfect situation. I had a pool in my backyard. I had new clothing come school time, lots of presents underneath the Christmas tree. And by the outside, it looked like we had the perfect family.

But on the inside, my parents were addicted to alcohol and drugs. My father was very violent. And as a result of him becoming addicted to drugs, he disappeared on us when I was 14 years old. And my mother was faced to raise me on her own. He never sent a dollar child support and never gave her any assistance. And she didn't have any career skills or corporate skills whatsoever.

But on the inside, my parents were addicted to alcohol and drugs. My father was very violent. And as a result of him becoming addicted to drugs, he disappeared on us when I was 14 years old. And my mother was faced to raise me on her own. He never sent a dollar child support and never gave her any assistance. And she didn't have any career skills or corporate skills whatsoever.

But on the inside, my parents were addicted to alcohol and drugs. My father was very violent. And as a result of him becoming addicted to drugs, he disappeared on us when I was 14 years old. And my mother was faced to raise me on her own. He never sent a dollar child support and never gave her any assistance. And she didn't have any career skills or corporate skills whatsoever.

So she had to try to raise me at 13 years old on her own. And as a result of that, I rebelled. I rebelled as a result of the way I was raised. I knew there was something wrong. with my family, although I was forced to lie about it and, you know, to put up with this whole charade, basically, that we were, you know, this perfect family when we weren't. And so I was forced into a gang at the time.

So she had to try to raise me at 13 years old on her own. And as a result of that, I rebelled. I rebelled as a result of the way I was raised. I knew there was something wrong. with my family, although I was forced to lie about it and, you know, to put up with this whole charade, basically, that we were, you know, this perfect family when we weren't. And so I was forced into a gang at the time.

So she had to try to raise me at 13 years old on her own. And as a result of that, I rebelled. I rebelled as a result of the way I was raised. I knew there was something wrong. with my family, although I was forced to lie about it and, you know, to put up with this whole charade, basically, that we were, you know, this perfect family when we weren't. And so I was forced into a gang at the time.

This is the 1990s, mid-90s, early 90s. And gang violence was glorified. It swept most of the nation. The movies and the music and the things that we grew up on were basically inciting violence. And so next thing you know, I found myself involved in that. And I spent a couple of years involved in a gang. And the gang that I was involved in was very violent.

This is the 1990s, mid-90s, early 90s. And gang violence was glorified. It swept most of the nation. The movies and the music and the things that we grew up on were basically inciting violence. And so next thing you know, I found myself involved in that. And I spent a couple of years involved in a gang. And the gang that I was involved in was very violent.

This is the 1990s, mid-90s, early 90s. And gang violence was glorified. It swept most of the nation. The movies and the music and the things that we grew up on were basically inciting violence. And so next thing you know, I found myself involved in that. And I spent a couple of years involved in a gang. And the gang that I was involved in was very violent.

They were involved in all kinds of criminal activity and murdered, drive-by shootings, all kinds of things like that. And so the experience that I had growing up was, you know, anything but normal.

They were involved in all kinds of criminal activity and murdered, drive-by shootings, all kinds of things like that. And so the experience that I had growing up was, you know, anything but normal.

They were involved in all kinds of criminal activity and murdered, drive-by shootings, all kinds of things like that. And so the experience that I had growing up was, you know, anything but normal.