I always knew I was here for a reason. I never doubted that for one second. I have been through so many struggles but I am still here and now I am 35. Even with everything that I have been through, I never lost faith. I know that I am here for a reason. Blind faith is the strongest tool because you have to have hope and trust to proceed with anything.

When I was 28 I was in a really bad place in life. I was using different substances and drinking. On February 23rd, 2015, I overdosed on drugs. The doctors told my Mom I would never have any neurological function again, and if I did I would most likely be a vegetable. She did not listen when they wanted to take me off of life support and she and my family rallied around me. Boy were they wrong, lol.

I had a lot of trauma to deal with after my accident. Waking up from being “dead” is not all that easy. I had to learn to walk again, to think again, and basically to learn everything all over again. The trauma of that experience was too much for me to handle. I was not in a very good mind frame. My balance was totally off and my foot and toes would not work and my left leg took years to come back to being functional.

As I always used to do, I got frustrated and instead of seeing how lucky I was, I got frustrated and started drinking again. Hindsight is 2020. Not the best thing to do when you are feeling frustrated. But there is always this little voice in me that tells me when I am going to be ok and when I am not going to be ok. I guess I had to go through all of that to get to where I am today.

As the “hopeless” case in the hospital and despite them telling me I would never lead a full or productive life, here I am, 8 years later. I had to deal with my PTSD in my own way, and that is an ongoing process. But I am back in school going for my bachelor’s in liberal arts and I am working a part time job. I am on disability right now because I can only handle so much at a time. But life is finally OK. I read The Secret book back in 2007, and it changed my life. I forgot a lot of the lessons it reiterated to me but I am finding out through my own experience that it is all true. I went through a period where my brain was scrambled but I know that I have the power and I am going to look for all of the other books in The Secret series and read them. The Secret is a powerful book. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to change their beliefs and to manifest what they truly want and deserve in their life. Thank you, thank you, thank you.