Your uncle knows something you don't about God's timing. Learn why trusting the process beats chasing results—a real talk with Carlos Garcia.
You're 22, hungry, and everything feels late. Your friends are getting promotions. Your ex moved on. That opportunity you wanted? Someone else got it. So you're grinding harder, pushing faster, trying to force something to happen *now*. But here's what my 87-year-old Uncle Rome figured out decades ago: God's timing isn't slow—it's just not yours.
My uncle reads the Bible every single day. One book. That's it. No Netflix, no scrolling, no distractions. When I asked him his favorite verse, he didn't hesitate. Psalm 23. "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." He told me something that hit different: whenever he wanted something badly, he'd go back to that verse and remember that the Lord always provides—just on His schedule, not on demand.
That's the whole thing right there. We live in an age where everything is supposed to be instant. We want the girl, the job, the money, the clout—and we want it by next week. But God's timing doesn't work on our timeline, and honestly, that's the most protective thing that could happen to us.
Think about it. How many times have you wanted something desperately, pushed hard for it, and then later realized it would've destroyed you? The relationship that would've held you back. The job that was toxic. The shortcut that looked good until it didn't. God's timing isn't punishment—it's protection.
Here's what separates the men who actually build something from the ones who stay stuck: they learn to trust the process. That doesn't mean sitting around doing nothing. It means you do the work—you level up your skills, you network, you stay disciplined—but you release the desperate grip on *when* it has to happen. You trust that if you're putting in real work, real growth is coming. Maybe not on Monday. Maybe not this quarter. But it's coming.
The reason Success Scholars exists is because young guys like you deserve someone to be real with you. And real talk is this: the hardest part isn't the hustle. It's the waiting. It's staying disciplined when nothing's happening yet. It's believing in yourself when results haven't shown up to prove you right.
Uncle Rome figured this out at 25 and built a life of peace because of it. He stopped white-knuckling his destiny and started trusting it. That's not passivity—that's wisdom.
So here's your move: write down something you're desperate for right now. Then ask yourself honestly: am I trying to control when, or am I just doing the work and letting the timeline handle itself? Because those are two different energies, and only one of them actually works.
God's timing beats your timing every single time.