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Editor’s note: In February, the Tulsa World is sharing a series of thoughts from Black Tulsans about the future of Tulsa and what role they are playing to make it happen. I moved to Tulsa at 11 years old. Yes, that decision was heavily influenced by my parents because .
.. I was 11.
Like most people who I grew up with, I thought that I’d go off to college in a state far, far away and never look back. Twenty-five years, an amazing wife and two rockstar kids later, I’m still here! I have for a long time maintained the belief that Tulsa is for builders. I have been blessed to be part of churches and companies birthed out of Tulsa that have touched the globe.
Even before learning the rich history of Greenwood and the Black entrepreneurs and founders that built a beacon of inspiration, I could sense that there was something special about our city: the environment. People are also reading..
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Picture an acorn. Now picture that same acorn on a desk. Within that acorn is the DNA of a forest full of trees, but in the wrong environment, no growth can take place.
Tulsa’s soil is not a graveyard. It is a garden where when the right ideas are planted, they can make history. My work with Goldmill is to create purposefully and inspire purpose in others.
Where purpose isn’t known, abuse is inevitable. This is the game changer. If Tulsa can continue to cultivate an environment where our individual purposes can be discovered and pursued without restraint, no one is fighting for a piece of the pie.
But we eat from a garden where the seeds of our fruit feed others. If Tulsa can continue to build from our history and cultivate an environment where anything is possible, we can "unlimit" everyone. — Trey Thaxton is CEO of Goldmill, a creative studio in Tulsa.
The collected series: go.tulsaworld.com/tulsafuture The Tulsa World is where your story lives.
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