“A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher
than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one
produces aspiration; the other ambition...” – Henry Ward Beecher
By age 35, Mike Krieg had achieved his dream - to own a multimillion dollar custom home-building company. He put all of his energy into making more money, leaving little time for his family. "I didn't care that I wasn't raising my kids," Mike said. "I didn't care that I wasn't being a good husband, and in a short period of time, got divorced. I left my wife and children."
Mike remarried, but felt guilty that he was not the father he wanted to be. He moved his company from Colorado to Arizona in an attempt to run away from the pain he was causing himself and his children. Then his business began to have problems. "I got to thinking about my two kids in Colorado that I had left," he said. "The movie, The Passion of the Christ, had just been released. It struck me to take my kids to go see this movie; and I don't know why. I drove up to Colorado from Arizona, took my kids to see this movie. It was the most incredible thing I'd ever seen in my life. I was sitting there with my two children, I think they were 10 and 12-years-old at the time, and they're crying their eyes out, and they're getting it. And I'm getting it, and I can't believe it."
Early the next morning, Mike drove back to Arizona. He was about two hours into the trip and still reflecting on the movie when he lost control of his truck. "I screamed out to God I didn't want to die and I wanted to be a better husband to my wife and I wanted to be a better daddy to my kids. And all this happened in an instant.
