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The Normal 40 PodcastI left the rat race while at the top. I was making the most I had ever made, and I was offered a promotion. But I was tired of the travel. The work no longer inspired me. I was sick of answering emails all night and while on vacation. It was what I... Author: Lon Stroschein
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#86: The Return: A father and son conversation about Faith, Growth, Obedience, Becoming and What Happened Next
Friday, 24 April, 2026
Most people never realize when they’re living a “last.”They just move through the day.Answer emails. Take the call. Say “we’ll catch up soon.”And then it’s gone.18 months ago, Lon sat on a beach in Kona with his son Dawson on the last day of something they’d always known—father and son, in its simplest form. The next morning, Dawson would leave for a journey neither of them fully understood.Dawson was 19.He didn’t know where he was going.He just knew he had to go.That episode captured the moment before everything changed.This one is what happened next.Dawson shares what it actually looks like to follow something you don’t fully understand yet.From cramped living quarters in Hawaii…to underground ministry in Vietnam…to teaching English and faith in a small town in Mexico he found through a single connection…Nothing about this path was planned.But everything about it moved.And what becomes clear in this conversation is simple: When you take a trip with God—or with your gut, your calling, your truth, you don’t get clarity first.You get movement.IN THIS EPISODE--What Dawson actually learned after leaving home at 19--Why “get comfortable being uncomfortable” stops being a cliché and becomes survival--The moment a single photo changed the trajectory of his life--What it feels like to arrive somewhere you don’t belong and stay anyway--How faith grows when it’s tested, not taught--The difference between doing something for others and realizing it’s changing youWhy the hardest part isn’t leaving — it’s what comes afterKEY TAKEAWAYS→ You don’t need clarity to start. You need trust.→ The path rarely looks logical when you’re on it.→ Growth doesn’t come from comfort. It comes from commitment.→ The experiences you think are for others are often for you.→ Every first becomes a last… and every last becomes a new beginning.WHAT’S NEXTIf you listened to Episode 85, this is the continuation.If you didn’t — go back.Because this isn’t just a follow-up.It’s proof.Proof of what happens when someone says yes before they’re ready.And if something in you is pulling you toward your own next step… You don’t need the full plan.You just need to move. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit normal40.substack.com
