Valley attorney Morris Callaman is a person that represents more than just a great story of ambition and drive. Out of darkness, the successful concierge attorney rose from the cracks of an abusive household and homelessness, to the path of immense and deserving success.
DP: I read part of your story and think it's one of success, would that be an accurate description?
MC: I think so…I feel like I'm going to get better, and have so much more potential. But what I'm hopeful for is that we're conveying a message to people to not give up. Continue to think creatively, persistently--creatively, and figure out how to keep going.
DP: How did you stay motivated and going, after experiencing so much adversity at such a young age?
MC: Well, there's a two- part answer: The one that people are really interested in hearing is that --I just really wanted it. I really wanted to continue…I had a misplace pain in the things that I had gone through and some of the decisions that I made as an adolescent, and I wanted to be a good man, I wanted to be good enough. So i just kept trying.
The more accurate, answer—, which is not a very good copy— I have to believe that somewhere in my life, when I was very young, one or two years old, somebody must have said to me, "Hey, you can do it, just try." I think I have some pre-frontal lobe development memory to just give it a shot.
DP: In life, sometimes you're not sure if you can, and trying is the hardest part. So if you have this mentality, "Try, give it a shot" it's a lot easier.
MC: I have some kind of fearish optimism, in that I deeply believe that whatever happens, is the best thing that could of happened. I spent a lot of time trying to figure that out, and get underneath it, and just concluded that one can spend a lifetime trying to determine their version of reality is legitimate. But instead, choose that version of reality. Everything that has happened, has led to a greater outcome for me. Because it gave me an idea of how to apply myself, so I can be certain it turned into a greater outcome. It's keep me going a lot too, without feeling a sense of accumulated baggage or regret.
