Your Perspective

Alchemist.

You see worth in people, places, and things others have written off.

Your Lens

You see the world through the lens of an Alchemist.

You are often the person who looks again after everyone else has decided what someone or something is worth.

A boarded-up building may look like nothing but blight to someone else. You notice the location, the structure, the history, and what the place could still do for the people around it.

A person may have been reduced to a mistake, a record, a reputation, or a hard season. You can still see their skills, knowledge, humor, judgment, relationships, and a life larger than the label they have been given.

Something old, damaged, or discarded may look ready for the trash. You notice what can still be repaired, reused, or put to work in a different way.

You do not ignore the condition in front of you. You refuse to confuse condition with worth.

That perspective keeps valuable people, places, and things from being lost simply because others stopped looking.

Three convictions shape the way you see.

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Condition does not determine worth.

Neglect tells you a place has been neglected.

A mistake tells you a person made a mistake.

Damage tells you something has been damaged.

None of those things tell you everything that is still there.

You can see it in people who looked where others had stopped looking.

The Perspective of

Eugene Williams & Edward Williams

A record describes yesterday. The man decides tomorrow.

They saw men leaving prison and returning to their families and communities whom society often reduced to labels like ex-con and ex-felon. They saw fathers, sons, workers, neighbors, and men whose lives could not be summed up by a conviction. They challenged the belief that a criminal record tells you what a person is worth or what the rest of his life should look like, and built TRAILS Ministries, creating a place where men returning from incarceration could be mentored, reconnect with family and community, and receive practical support for life after prison. They did not believe these men needed to become worthy again. They built from the worth that was already there.

Neglected.Noticed.Invested in.

You see worth in people, places, and things others have written off.

You pay attention to what the world is too quick to discard.

Where you go from here

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Alchemist.

You see the world through the lens of an Alchemist.

Three convictions shape the way you see.

Condition does not determine worth.

Being written off is a judgment, not a fact.

New is not always better.

Condition does not determine worth.

You can see it in people who looked where others had stopped looking.

Eugene Williams & Edward Williams

You see worth in people, places, and things others have written off.

Where you go from here

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See what your perspective can build.

Alchemist.

You see the world through the lens of an Alchemist.

Three convictions shape the way you see.

Condition does not determine worth.

You can see it in people who looked where others had stopped looking.

Eugene Williams & Edward Williams

You see worth in people, places, and things others have written off.

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Where you go from here

Explore the other perspectives

See what your perspective can build.