Philip Harman
Life is a tale and gift in itself. However, when your life with its challenges will become the gift of wish you provide to others, it really is a exceptional story (no pun intended). Never should I consider my story being a gift. It is one that isn’t unusual due to the fact my studies are not ones that I can declare alone. However, the adventure it has positioned me on, is particular to me and only I can inform it. My journey of recuperation from being a victim of childhood molestation, years of struggling with depression, tried suicide, low self-esteem and all of the matters that accompany these battles, I comprehend that my story is a gift. It isn’t always a gift within the standard feel of what we understand a gift to be, however its impact of giving others comfort, encouragement and the courage to are searching for recovery is the present. It is a gift that many are ready to receive and so desperately choice.
I’ve by no means thought of myself as egocentric, however once I looked at all the times I made excuses for why I did no longer need to share this present (I do not want all of us to realize what I’ve absolutely been thru, it is too non-public, I’m now not a speaker, God is aware that I am now not prepared) yeah, I changed into selfish. To be blessed to overcome so many things, after which withhold the freedom of others by way of hiding in the back of a moment of being uncomfortable become selfish of me. I had a friend say to me once “the arena is waiting and in need of your story”, I mockingly stated, “they’re going to have a long wait”. How things change when you simply study yourself and realize it is no longer all about you.
In this new year, I input a brand new bankruptcy of my life and there’s a lot that I desire to accomplish. However, my greatest accomplishment is the giving of this gift. I realise it’s miles going to take me places I never concept I could move and earlier than humans I did not recognize I might meet. I am so blessed which will proportion my tale, due to the fact there are so many who could not. I am thankful for the assist I actually have acquired, and those that God has positioned around me; their energy is comforting and that they push me to do and be higher and I am grateful.
We all have a story. Some chapters we’d quickly like to neglect and that’s OK but it is the chapters we need to overlook which are the ones someone is watching for and needs you to share.
Sharing the gift,
Andrea
