Believe in Yourself

Life is hard but as hard as it can be it can also give us hope and big blessings. Blessings that lead us somewhere we never thought we’d make it to. Stephen Hawking is a huge inspiration. His abilities were very limited but his limitations were nothing. It’s unbelievable how much Stephen impacted the world. He didn’t need anything else other than hope,intelligence and God to take him to his destination. I’ve come to realize how a lot of us doubt in ourselves so often that we end up with getting failure thoughts which is makes our abilities feel limited. Don’t you ever doubt in yourself instead think about people like Stephen and how much he accomplished. If he did it you can do it too!

I’m not gunna lie I’ve personally had failure thoughts not once but many times. High school graduation was one of them. I was expected to graduate in 2015 but I got told I was staying another school year to finish up the rest of my required credits. (Credits from clases the school had minimized work from.) The news got me so upset, I was expecting graduation to happen and then I was told it’d be in another year. My mind went all over the place. What went through my mind was “How much will my disease affect me by the time I graduate?” “Will I make it alive to graduation?” I know I wasn’t suppose to be thinking about that but I couldn’t resist it. Graduation was a big dream of mine and being told I’d have to wait another year while I was seeing myself struggling through life made it so hard for me. I went through some hard depression but I didn’t let it affect my grades. School was always my number one priority and with God’s mighty power I was able wheel myself across the football field to receive my diploma. It wasn’t an easy task but I made it and that’s all that really matters. 

Stephen’s journey wasn’t easy either. Nothing’s easy actually but imagine being told you’ll die soon. Now that’s something else. Stephen Hawking‘s life expectations were far from what he actually lived. Doctors and specialists told him he wouldn’t live much. In fact they told him when his death would come, but guess what? God is good and His mighty power let Stephen do what he was meant to do.  It didn’t matter what doctors had to say Stephen was able to live his big 72. Was he expecting that? No, I’m pretty sure he didn’t but it happened. Stephen live his life the and inspired the world so much, It’s unbelievable what God can do. 

I can kind of feel what Stephen went through. I myself feel so upset and heartbroken every time I visit the doctors. It’s like they’re just making my life worst. I can say the worst appointment I’ve had was with my pulmonologist back when I was 13. I thought it was just a quick check up but it ended with the news that I needed to stay in the hospital because my oxygen levels weren’t okay. I remember that day as if it had happened yesterday. I burst out crying I was panicking I wanted to get out of there immediately. The doctor didn’t want to let me go home and we had to sign some legal papers stating that it was my responsibility as well my parents if anything were to happen to me. I was 13 when that happened, I am now 21 almost 22 and here I am alive. I live at my house with my beautiful mom, dad and my two younger brothers. I get to do the things I like to do. I get to spend great time with my family something I wouldn’t have been able to do at a hospital. I know I’m risking my life but it’s all in God’s hands. He knows better. I’m just living my life a day at a time and giving Him take control over everything. 

Living the present is the best we can all do. The present is a  gift from God that needs to be cherished every day. Don’t rush it through. I made the mistake of doing that and I wasn’t realizing I was missing the blessing I was being offered by the present. Don’t worry about what’s to come, live today not tomorrow. 

ENJOY THE PRESENT.

ENJOY ITS BLESSING.

LIVE TODAY!