Spirituality means something different to everybody. For some people, spirituality is a strong connection to a church, synagogue, or any house of prayer. For others, spirituality is outside the practice of a religion—it’s more of an internal feeling, private prayer, meditation, a connection to nature, or a harmony with the universe.
Spirituality impacts a lot of what we do and affects all our relationships.

I’m not here to say what you should or shouldn’t do. My relationship with God is mine, and I’m definitely a different person because of it. For me, and I don’t know about anybody else, my belief gives me a sense of peace. God helps me to get to the next level.

Each of us has our own journey and our own belief system. Whatever it is for you, use it to improve your daily life, your relationships with others, your serenity, and peace of mind.

I was introduced to God later in life, at a difficult time in my life, by a barefoot water ski friend of mine. I was a single dad with four kids, trying to figure out how I was going to survive and what I was going to do. I went with him to church—it was December 31, 1988. It wasn’t a huge initial transformation; God touched my heart slowly. My walk has been very slow, but that’s just me.

My wife is an amazing woman—she’s been my mentor, helping me be a better man so I was able to allow God to lead me. She’s always been there for me and she teaches me. She taught me how to care for people, and how to think outside the pieces of my puzzle. It’s not always as easy as it might appear, but we’re a great team, and as a team we work together. We’ve gone through some terrible things in our families and in our lives, and we have stuck together; it’s a beautiful thing to have what we have and to go on our spiritual journey together.
—Mike Holt