My Pastor was talking about Pain this week in Bible study, and a few key events flashed before my eyes from the last 18 years. And in that moment I realized that I had still been nursing these things and the emotions associated with them even just a little. I could easily refocus back on the negativity instead of looking at them as what they really were: stepping stones to my Purpose. The path to purpose is not absent from pain. Sorry. But it really is all about perspective. Take any negative from your life and look at it through purpose and you will see that negative was really a positive step towards your purpose. I went through some things over the last 18 years and the thought of some of it still brings up emotions but the other day I realized that I was taking those things as offenses instead of seeing them as opportunities to learn, grow and be blessed. The struggles and the rejection helped to mold me into who I am today and I believe firmly I am a better person today than 18 years ago because I went through certain things. Consider Joseph from the […]