There’s a Treasure Trove Hidden in Each One of Us
Our own failures and setbacks in life push us to find a way to overcome them. We take two paths, and the easiest is to stagnate and continue digging dipper, bringing more trouble into our lives. Whilst the path that leads to recovery and improvement, It’s found by seeking help or information that leads us to restoration.
When we’re applying habits that will lead us to overcome our failures and to learn from them, we realize how those adaptations are applicable to other areas of our life that need to be improved. Whatever has happened in our lives may have been a sequence of many contributing factors: beliefs, mindsets, and habits that push us in the wrong direction.
I remember how amid the despair of being homeless led me to think deeply;
Why did I fell so bad?
It wasn’t that I was stupid. Nobody wants to fall there. I had no reason to run away from society, but it seemed the best place to hide from my failure. Alcohol the perfect pain killer to forget about everything I abandoned. Something had taken control of my life and directed me to that pit. Then I realized that I had been the coward. I didn’t have the courage to confront my failure or weakness.
There’s a Hispanic saying:
“ You won’t drown unless you stop making the last effort to save yourself.”
Acceptance of the current situation gave me a started point, rock bottom, that forced me to make a decision, that I would do everything I could to save my life and to get out of that condition. When I thought about it consciously, I realized that for many years I have nurtured a drinking habit under the table, which has taken root suffocating the most important family and social functions.
It was from there that I began to take action to remove alcohol from my life, and as I said to myself “It may not be easy, but I know it’s not impossible.” My first goals were failing very soon, but I started to feel the taste of small victories, and that encouraged me day by day to achieve goals of staying sober.
Uprooting the feeling of living enslaved to get drunk daily was painful, but it was worth the effort. I realized that I didn’t have to just eliminate the bad habit, but I had to break it and replace it with another to avoid the vacuum of the drink. I discover the Power of Habit.
Cultivating good habits has led me to become a better version of myself. Looking back at all those people suffering on the streets from alcoholism without finding a way out, has led me to look for ways to make people understand the suffering and vulnerability of being homeless, and how to help them. “Dare to reach your hand into the darkness to pull another hand into the light.” (I read it somewhere.) Aroused great inspiration in my life.
Trying to take my message beyond sharing it, I discover the Power of Writing.
I decided to immerse myself in the art of writing and learn to build my own blog, which led me to discover writing platforms like Medium and others. what a beautiful gift. Writing my first blog was intimidating, but I have discovered a satisfying feeling of expressing my thoughts. My heart rejoiced after I press publish, and since then I want to come back again.
Reflecting on what I have learned
I’m still learning to write well, and curiosity has taken me further to learn everything involved in being a writer. The beginning may look steep, but everything looked more difficult from the bottom of the abyss where I found myself where everything was so dark, and I never thought I’d see the light of another day.
Few memories are better than those of overcoming struggles. Persisting, and absorbing pressure and turning it into fuel instead of letting it break you. Failure must always be a lesson and not a dead end. The desire to be better will lead you to discover hidden talents and treasures that you never knew you had.
Thanks for reading, and I wish you’re all well and safe. Let’s keep fighting the good fight of faith that will take us beyond this time.
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