I walked up and down the corridors of the hospital for 12 straight hours demanding answers.
I walked so much, I rubbed my inner thighs so raw that they bled into my underpants.
In 24 hours, the best moment of my life, the birth of my child, had turned into an unfathomable nightmare.
I encountered the face of something that I knew existed but had never met before.
Racism. Prejudice on a systemic scale that still sickens me.
10 years later and the PTSD still lingers.
The problem didn’t stop with bleeding thighs; it went on for months and months.
It cost me everything I owned.
I slept for less than two hours a night.
I was fighting a monster that few people see, an ignorant, greedy, ravenous beast that had no need for the truth.
I realize that I am talking in metaphor and deliberately so.
I won’t share the full details of this story ever.
However, I will tell you what I have learned from this story.
Never give up when you know that you are right.
Always persist.
Fight for those that you love.
And also this:
Huge personal growth comes from encountering great obstacles.
I am 3X the man now than I was before.
I am stronger in my character.
Wiser in my understanding of the world.
Kinder in the ways that I relate to those on the margins.
I think this is the key to understanding any tough time or challenge. If you persist through it, you will become more fully human.
The Key to Overcoming & How It Can Help Your Business
There’s a problem with never telling your story.
Other people will.
And they will own it, even though their narrative is incomplete and sometimes incorrect.
When you share your story, you take back your power.
How much you share is up to you.
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