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Most Remarkable 2020: Chris Bilyk, Founder, State of Gratitude
By : Andres Acosta Ardila, Coordinator, Contigo Fund December 17, 2020
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Gratitude is often described a state of mind and I’m honored to talk about the man that has taken this state of mind and created a movement around it.
Chris Bilyk is a Colombian American and this is what bonded us together at first. When I first met Chris we went to get coffee after I picked him up at his parents’ house in Celebration. The home was beautiful and the neighborhood looked like the kind of picturesque setting one imagines when they think of the “wholesome American suburb.”
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December has always been my favorite time of the year. Even with the end of the school year and my birthday both happening in June, this month was the one I looked forward to most when I was growing up and that love has only grown in me as I grew.
As a big guy, my internal temperature runs fairly hot so a cooler month is always preferable to me rather than a sweltering summer month. I also love all things Christmas. I know it is sacrilegious as a gay man to say that I don’t really care about Halloween, but aside from the scary movies and the candy, the spooky season just isn’t my cup of tea.