I lost everything in a single day. Not because I was reckless. Not because I lacked integrity. Life simply decided it was time to teach me a lesson I never imagined I would have to learn. Sometimes life lifts you to the mountaintop. Sometimes, without warning, it takes you into the valley. For three years, I served as Head of IT at one of Africa's leading banks. Alongside that role, I also served as the bank's Acting COO, helping to lead its daily operations. Then one day, there was a knock on my door. Two men stood outside. "Mr. Adebisi, we'd like to have a discussion with you." I thought it would take a few minutes. Instead... That conversation became five years behind prison walls in Rwanda. Five years. Five birthdays. Five Christmases. Five years away from my wife... ...and my three daughters. When I was arrested, my youngest daughter was only nine months old. When I finally came home, she was six years old. Yet prison did not only take from me. It gave me something I never expected. Perspective. Faith. Purpose. Joy. Inside those prison walls, I discovered truths that no university could teach, no boardroom could reveal, and no amount of success could ever buy. Those lessons changed my life forever. Today, I want to share them with you. Discovering Joy is more than my story. It is a guide for anyone who has lost hope... ...who has been falsely accused... ...who has watched life fall apart... ...or who simply needs to believe that tomorrow can still be better than today. Because joy is not the absence of suffering. Joy is discovering that even in suffering... God is still writing a beautiful story. I invite you to join me. Read the book. Listen to the audiobook. And discover the joy that survived it all.
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