03/01/2024
TL;DR - I want to use my experiences in life to help others who could use it.
Today is March 1 and Spring is right around the corner! I love Spring as it represents the “re-birth” of nature for the year. Things that have seemed cold and dreary suddenly turn into a fresh, vibrant, colorful opportunity for renewal!
Today, I am challenging myself to be a part of that refreshing change! I have felt a calling to help people all of my life, but never felt like I had that much to offer, so I sat on the sidelines and told myself that “someday” I will do something to change lives. I never knew what that would look like or when it would happen.
I have spent all of my life telling myself that “someday” I will figure it all out and take action. I always had a “reason” why now was not the right time. This allowed me to excuse myself for sitting on the sidelines and not ever taking action to do anything for others.
Today is different! I am making a commitment to help others every day from here on out. I still don’t know exactly what that will look like, but I have some ideas. Helping people doesn’t necessarily mean doing anything huge each and every day. Sometimes it’s the little things that mean the most.
Most of you all don’t know me or my background…that was intentional on my part. I have never felt worthy of anyone else’s time, attention, so I have kept my life to myself and my family (and a few close friends that I consider family as well).
The occasions when I have shared some of my experiences with others, they often tell me that I should write a book or somehow share my life with others because my stories are “amazing” and “inspiring“.
I always dismiss these comments because I thought “how could anyone possibly be inspired by my life?” …or “most of my life has been spent making mistakes, so what could anyone possibly see in me other than those “mistakes”?
The truth is that I allowed my lack of self-confidence to control my life and it kept me from ever really doing much to help others. I am finally starting to realize and accept that it is those very “mistakes” that make me that make me qualified to help others the way other people have helped me along the way. It is those very experiences that make me relatable to pretty much anyone.
I am not saying that I have had the “worst life ever”. It is quite the contrary! I have had an amazing life…despite (and sometimes BECAUSE of all of those “mistakes”)! I am truly happy and grateful every day for the people around me, all I have, and what my life has become!
I am beginning to understand how powerful that is! So many people let their mistakes define them and dominate their mind 24/7. This is a deep, dark place to be…I have spent a LOT of time in that hole.
The most powerful part of this is that I got out of the hole and accepted my mistakes…I even embraced them, learned from them all, and came out on the other side stronger and happier (once I learned how to appreciate it all)!
From now on out, I am going to share every day. Sometimes it will be some personal experiences, other times it may just be something I found to be inspirational and / or touching…sometimes it may just be something silly that made me smile.
I hope that I will help those that are hurting in some way, or at least provide some joy to someone’s day. I have personal experiences with so many different things that I have the ability to connect to just about anyone. I am not a counselor / therapist, but I am a great listener and genuinely want to help everyone I can.
Please feel free to ask questions, send me messages, post on my page, or do anything that you feel like doing. I will respond to you however you prefer and share any insight I have that may help you.
Also, please let me know if there is anything you would like me to focus on or to share my experiences with any particular topic. Some of the things I have personal experience in dealing with are (in random order):
⁃ Finding happiness / learning to love yourself
⁃ Making “mistakes” and learning from them
⁃ Facing “Impossible” odds (and beating them!)
⁃ Living with addiction / having an addictive personality
⁃ Excessive Procrastination
⁃ Dealing with depression
⁃ Weight loss / exercise
⁃ Starting a business vs working 9-5
⁃ Career changes
⁃ Sacrificing yourself for others
⁃ Setting yourself up for success every day
⁃ Staying positive
⁃ Staying productive
⁃ Finding purpose
⁃ Finding Gratitude every day
- Relationships (getting out of bad ones and finding the right one)
⁃ Organ Donation (this one seems a little out of place, but I assure you it is not)
Please keep in mind that I am not an “expert” in any of these things nor do I have all of the answers. I want to do this because I have experience with personally dealing with it all and have gotten through them…and still live a wonderful happy life while still dealing with them all every day along with any new “issues” that come along.
Happiness is the key to enjoying life and I want to help as many people as I can find that road to their happiness!
Thank you all for getting to the end of this message! I hope to hear from you soon! I appreciate you all and hope I can help everyone of you in some way!
(I won’t do this often but I wanted this post to get to as many as possible.
