Someone once said, “If you want to blame your past for the bad things that happened, you must also blame your past for the good things that happened.”
We blame our childhood. We blame our traumas. We blame the unfairness. But we rarely stop to think, “What did those same things build?”
…I have a multitude of medical conditions. I’ve had over 22 surgeries. I’ve also had a liver transplant, and it’s Oliver’s 20th birthday this month! I live with vision impairment and slight hearing loss… On top of that, I was bullied in school. Not just teased, but made to feel small… Then, at 21, everything collapsed. I was in the darkest place of my life….
I blamed my sickness for my limitations. I blamed my school experiences for my lack of confidence. I blamed everything for who I had become…
But here’s what I know now… God stepped in. Flipped the script. Opened my eyes. My past pain was for a greater purpose.
The surgeries to build strength. The bullying to build compassion. The failures to build resilience. It crafted me. It created a character in me that is unbreakable, brave, faithful, an overcomer. And now I get to use my story to help others through my book, through speaking, through a radio interview and so on…