9 years ago on a day like today, I woke up on a hospital bed having delivered a pre term baby at 7 months. I couldn’t walk, let alone hold my baby.
It was a difficult moment which causes that birthday celebration to become particularly nostalgic for me after all the cake and fun.
Nostalgic because I realize how close to death’s door, my baby and I had been.
Nostalgic because that experience made me realize how much inner strength I had when I stood held together by GOD.
That strength opened my eyes to the sacrifices one can’t make for those that they love.
Going almost 7 weeks without touching or nursing my baby was traumatic. Leaving my baby in hospital meant facing the stack possibility of receiving a phone call that would tell me she didn’t make it through the night.
They say, when life hands you a lemon, make a lemonade.
My version of that statement is adjusted. Make lemonade but plant the seeds to get an orchard.
9 years later I look back to see the journey and the fact is, while that was a near death experience, it became grounds for me to see the important things in life.
1. The most important and actionable decision is the one you make and execute upon.
2. Food for the body comes from outside. Food for the heart ♥️ , brain and soul come from within.
3. It takes a lot of faith to live without faith in God as the One around whom our life revolves.
4. For everything and everyone in your life there is a season and a reason. The best way to optimize those relationships and situations is to understand and appreciate them for what they are.
5. While the world around you may move on after walking with you through your dark or bright patch, you are the one who will be left with the scars or marks to always remind you that you went through that season.
6. They are your memories. You create them and you live with them. You goose whether to associate them with darkness or light.
7. Just because the season is over it doesn’t mean you are done and dusted with it. Take the lesson, reminisce on the experience and build on it. Let go of any pain. That way, you do not set yourself up for bitterness.
8. Everything has its bad and good. It’s up to you what you choose to focus on.
9. Past experiences are awesome motivators but they can also stagnate you. Work on creating more and better for the future.
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