Just DustAnd Spirits
A Guide for This Journey Called Life
This isn’t a book of answers. It’s a collection of stories that starts conversations.
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I don’t believe books change people.
I believe conversations do.
Just Dust and Spirits is not the story of a man who figured life out. It is the testimony of someone still becoming.
Through ordinary moments—a sip of cherry soda, a story of ducks, a difficult goodbye, a lesson learned too late—Hestroverto Martinez invites us to slow down and recognize the messy, beautiful middle of our lives.
Some stories will make you laugh. Others may bring you back to something you thought you had buried. Each one invites you to reflect, talk, forgive, and live more intentionally while there is still time.
Who is it for
For those of us
still becoming
This book is for anyone who has ever felt unfinished.
- For people searching for purpose.
- For parents trying to lead their families well.
- For young adults becoming who they were created to be.
- For leaders learning that influence begins with character.
- For anyone carrying a story others cannot see.
You do not need to have everything figured out
because you’re safe here.
Inside the pages
Stories that
become conversations
The Cherry Soda
The Ducks
Borrowed Eyes
The Dance
Be a Good Teammate
Peace Over Popularity
Your Words Matter
The Man in the Mirror
Stories shaped by marriage, fatherhood, military service, leadership, loss, kindness, and the ordinary moments through which our soul quietly changes us.
Excerpts
Words to
carry with you
“Grief is love with no place to land.”
“Purpose keeps finding you.”
“Be a good teammate.”
“The greatest inheritance we can leave is permission.”
