Hi Tom,
I have a similar relationship with my father that you had with yours. My father has always been jealous, distant and unsupportive. For a while I struggled to understand why, but after listening to you I finally get it. I was surpassing him in life and even though he was an alcoholic and lazy, I wasn’t “suppose” to.
When I started listening to you 5 years ago I started to understand that it wasn’t about me, but it was about him and his inability to have the balls to accomplish anything other that working like a mule and getting drunk.
Right now I travel the world for work, have a job I love and I make six figures because I had the stones (and belief in myself) to accomplish my goals. Even to this day he fails to even acknowledge me when I go home. I can see the disdain in his eyes when I come home and my success is apparent. I stopped trying to get his approval a long time ago and I have you in many ways to thank.
I grew up in he ghetto but I didn’t let the ghetto (or the bastard of a father I have) define me.
Thanks Tom. Your story really is MY story.
Continued success my friend.