Please read Part 1 and don’t give up on yourself or your process. Thank you.
So if you are going through a difficult time, a time of confusion with feelings of helplessness, please do not give up on yourself, on your process and or on a loving God. Please do not allow your present circumstances to mislead you into a permanent solution for a temporary problem. Please do not give up on people like me — who are apart of your world. Your presence and the essence you bring to this life is of great value. Your creative uniqueness is set to enhance the lives of people in your world for future generations. The gifts that reside within your being will be manifested. Because of your gifts, talents and abilities you will be used — like a key — to open a door of freedom for people who are sitting in darkness and isolation. Because of you, those individuals will find hope.
Your present-day despair and despondency will be turned into triumph. You will find solutions that will empower you to live the life that you have imagined. You will find solutions to matters that once baffled you. You will be set free from the fear of economic insecurity and you will be a light to your generation. Fear not, for you will be led into a land of plenty and you will reap a harvest of satisfaction and contentment.
Be assured, more will be revealed to you my friend. You will find your groove and you will prosper in your body, soul and spirit. You will walk in your destiny and you will fulfill your dreams. You will learn to overcome and succeed despite any present discouragement, despondency or despair. You will use your traumatic brain injury and your circumstances to empower your process and you will in turn be a blessing to those in your world. Be assured my friend, what you may be going through at the present time fails in comparison to what is yet to be revealed to you — because you made the decision to not give up on your process, a loving God and yourself.
Trust me my friend, because what I have shared with you in this 2 part article has become true to me — because I made the decision to not give up on my process, a loving God or myself — although I wanted to end my life some 23 years ago.
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Very good post. A former neighbor of mine, who has TBI, wanted to give up hope but we kept telling her not to do so. But she has since left our organization and lives with more supports than we can provide and I’m told she is happier there.
Hi Jake,
Thank you for taking the time to write to me. I am honored by your kindness Sir. I am happy to hear that your friend is in a better place and is happier now. Godspeed to her Jake.
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Have a simply phenomenal day my friend and God bless both you and your family Jake.
Craig
Craig:
Thank you for your blog on suicide. Once more I find it comforting to know that much of what I have been through for the past 16 years, others have also gone through and come out healthy. I have had problems thinking about suicide as sometimes it feels as though I’ll never be able to get out from under medical bills, and chronic pain, and more bills, and the daily struggles of trying to get my brain in gear. With this comes a sense of hopelessness as though living isn’t worth it. The feelings come and go and I suspect that it won’t ever go away completely. It’s just that some days its easier to cope than others and I’m not sure why the feelings of despair come and go like they do. I’m lucky to have good friends close by even though my family can’t deal with the changes in me and forced me to move so I won’t be close enough to remind them that the old self they once knew is now gone. We don’t have a support group for TBI survivors in the Savannah area as far as I’ve been able to ascertain but it would be helpful to have the kind of support groups you all seem to have in the Northwest.
I always enjoy listening to you and reading your blogs and articles. One of these days I may get up the courage to call into your show.
Wendy Hall
Hi Wendy,
You are so very welcome my friend. Thank you so very much for taking the time to write to me and to share what you have in your email. My experience has proven that I am glad that I did not give up on my process, a loving God or myself. My experience has proven, Wendy, that even though giving up and “throwing the towel in” so to say, would have appeared easier, I am so glad that I did not give up. In my experience, I have found that there is tremendous power in being able to identify with other people. As I identify with other people, I do not feel so alone and what I have heard called, “terminally unique” Wendy. As I identify with other people, I do not feel so isolated and alienated from both myself and other people my friend.
In my experience, I only have a few friends who really understand and “get it” concerning how my life and relationships are impacted by my invisible disability Wendy. As I have — over the past 5-6 years — come to accept my reality I have had awareness’s. I have written about those awareness’s in many of the articles I have written for Second Chance to Live. If I may, I would like to share some of those articles with you Wendy. I include links to those articles — below — with in this email to you. In my series, My Journey thus Far I share with my readers my process of living with a TBI and an invisible disability. In the other articles, I share awareness’s that I have had through my process.
My experience has proven that all that has transpired in my life has prepared me to do the work that I am doing through Second Chance to Live, as I move in the direction of my destiny. What you are going through and experiencing — both now and in the past — is preparing you as you move in the direction of your destiny Wendy. I have found that more will be revealed and that I can trust the big picture to a loving God. The pieces of the puzzle will fit together. In the process of my journey I have found that my experience has proven that what I thought was meant for my harm, has turned out to be for my good. What is occurring in your life is not meant for your harm, but for your good.
I will say so long for now Wendy. I look forward to hearing back from you. Have a pleasant and rewarding day and God bless both you and your family Wendy.
Craig
As you read through the articles, I believe you will be able to identify with me Wendy. As you read through the articles and you have questions, please ask. All questions are good questions.
The Cracked Pot
My Journey Thus Far
My Journey thus Far — Part 2
My Journey thus Far — Part 3
My Journey thus Far — Part 4
My Journey thus Far — Part 5
My Journey thus Far — Part 6
My Journey thus Far — Part 7
Whose Shame are You Carrying?
Traumatic Brain Injury and Denial–My Perspective as a TBI Survivor
My Struggle living with an Invisible Disability
My Struggle living with an Invisible Disability — Part 2
My Struggle living with an Invisible Disability — Part 3
My Struggle living with an Invisible Disability — Part 4
Having an Invisible Disability — The Consequence of Denying my Reality — Part 1
Having an Invisible Disability — The Consequence of Denying my Reality — Part 2
Traumatic Brain Injury and the Double Bind
Traumatic Brain Injury and the Square Peg
Traumatic Brain Injury and the Identified Patient — Part 1
Traumatic Brain Injury and the Identified Patient — Part 2
Traumatic Brain Injury, Self-Esteem and Significance
Traumatic Brain Injury — In Hope Part 1
Traumatic Brain Injury — In Hope Part 2
Traumatic Brain Injury — In hope Part 3
Traumatic Brain Injury — In hope Part 4
Traumatic Brain Injury — In hope Part 5
Traumatic Brain Injury — In hope Part 6
Traumatic Brain Injury — In hope Part 7
Traumatic Brain Injury — In hope Part 8