You may have seen some stories on this page about various people who have been through very difficult situations in their life, and have later seen something good come out of it (like an improvement in their life later on, or a learning experience, or the ability to help somebody else).
I have shared several examples where I have found this to be true in my own story, including surviving cancer at a young age, and going through a very difficult divorce.. but years later re-marrying my ex-husband.
Today, I want to share a few amazing stories of people I know that will be a big inspiration to you.. as they sure were for me!
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Chris’s story - It is with great pride that I present to you that I am listed in Richmond Magazine’s top 100 preferred real estate agents in Richmond based off a survey to their readers. I started this journey 1918 days ago. I had no money, a Jeep with over 250K miles, just laid off of my job of 16 years, and a 2nd hand computer given to me by the most awesome broker of all time.
I have stayed awake 55 hours to get a listing on the market. I have cut grass, steam cleaned carpets, fixed toilets, climbed under houses, climbed on roofs, painted porches, driven a set of keys 200 miles, been stung by wasps, chased by snakes, and attacked by bats. And I am still here because it took me 40 years to find my passion and what I was meant to do and win or lose I love every day because I am building a future for myself and my daughter.
So I want you to hear me....I want you to understand me....whatever you are going through....lay off, divorce, homelessness, hard times....whatever it is you can you overcome it and you can be something and someone better. I swear to God you can do it but you gotta want it....you got to live it...breathe it....believe in it and I know you can do it because 1918 days ago I had nothing and today I am in a magazine. A great man told me once there are “no limits except the ones that you impose on yourself.” and I sit here telling you the same thing. So join me in climbing this mountain. I am gonna do it....so can you.
Robyn’s story - Two years ago today...
I was sick, and I was tired.
My body, heart, and spirit were broken.
It took me an hour just to get out of bed.
I looked in the mirror for another hour.
I didn’t recognize that person.
I pitied her and hated her all at once.
I wanted to go back to bed and never wake up.
Instead, I picked up the phone and somehow made a long overdue call.
I got an appointment that same day that would change everything.
I wanted to die, but chose to live.
I felt I’d given everything I had to a world that had shut me out.
I soon realized that when I accepted myself, the world would open up to me in ways I’d never dreamed.
I went from being a liability to being an asset.
I became the wife, mother, daughter, and friend that my loved ones deserve.
I became enamored with a loving God, my one true Savior who believes in second chances and knows my heart. One who loves me and never left my side.
I can pick up my son. I can fly with my husband. I can care for them both the way I wanted to for so long. I cherish every moment I can be physically and emotionally present for these two amazing humans I’ve been blessed with. I began to hate the girl in the mirror less and less. Then, I began to love her more and more. My heart thawed, then melted, then was consumed by a fire I’d never felt before.
That fire is my passion for life that I found in RECOVERY. And I want to share that fire with anyone who wants to listen.
My story isn’t unique, but it’s mine. And I’m writing the very best “happily ever after” every day.
Addiction is NOT a choice, but recovery is. And in a life filled with bad decisions, it’s the best one I’ve ever made. One day at a time, over and over again... I choose life. I choose recovery. Sheila’s story - I was born and raised in the Pentecostal faith from birth until age 19 when I fell in love for the first time ever with an ungodly man and left the Church. I had my first sip of beer, my first sexual encounter and my first taste of the worldly life. Before being led astray, I would sit and worship for hours, quoted scriptures, and sang on the Church choir. I was hurt because when I fell, so many turned their backs on me scorned me saying that had been looking up to me as a role model and for support.
After rejection from God’s people, I turned to drugs, drinking and more men. I became depressed. Throughout the years, I would be in and out of fellowship running from the calling that God had on my life. I even became angry at God. I had 3 major suicide attempts, several abusive relationships, and three major nervous breakdowns. My last suicide attempt landed me in the hospital with a tube down my throat fighting for my life. My last nervous breakdown I bought doll babies and treated them like real babies spending thousands on them buying baby stuff, ran out of my house stark naked, walking through town bear footed talking to myself, and making several attempts to jump into a river. My family thought I would never re gain sanity.
Finally in 2018 I rededicated my life to God and stepped out on faith moving 5 hours from my home town to VA with two kids in tow, no car, no job and no family. Unexpectedly I met a church family who welcomed me with open arms. They helped me and my kids get on our feet in several ways and fed me the word of God. Through this journey I became even closer to God. I got baptized and grew tremendously spiritually. It was here I developed as a woman turning 40 and made a covenant with God never to return to the world again.
Today, I am fully sane. One of my children graduated from high school and both have become born again Christians. I quit smoking, lost weight and found myself again! To God be the glory for the things he has done!
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These stories are just a small example of so many that have been transformed with perseverance and God walking alongside them through the midst of their trials. It proves that things can change for the better, and that we can later see the purpose behind the difficulties we face.
Whatever you are going through, keep your chin up! There is light at the end of the tunnel, if you have faith that there will be. ❤️
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