If you are going through a time in life where it doesn’t seem like anything is going right, you have to persevere.
If you have taken a risk and it isn’t lining up with the plan, you need to persevere.
Don’t listen to the negative noise. You know that you are capable of greatness. It’s time to act like it.
And when you get through it, use your story to inspire others that are in the exact spot that you were.
What is an example of a time in life that you had to persevere to get through it? You can leave your comment below.
This is going to sound kind of crazy, but I think perseverance is my middle name. I have felt it is like a “gift,” given to me that I can’t get rid of. The most dramatic time I persevered (there have been many times) was after I had started college at 51-years-old because I wanted to fulfill a dream. My plan was to go on and get my masters to become a psychotherapist. When I graduated four-years-later I was on my way. That Fall i was diagnosed with an “inoperable” brain tumor and told I had a year to live. No neurosurgeon in my state would touch it. I found one in Los Angeles and underwent a very risky brain surgery.
When I woke up I couldn’t walk, lost the hearing in my left ear (permanently) and had terrible double vision from an eyeball that was now cockeyed. And that wasn’t the worst of it. My perception of things was way off and I knew it. And there was ringing in my ears and a loud buzzing noise in my brain that woke me up 10-15 times a night. I lay in bed for several months and then decided “I’ve had it.” I got into a fully accredited online masters level counseling program and started my masters degree from bed. It took a total of 3-years. By the time I needed to travel to my first residency, I used a power chair to get around. Then by the next one I could walk but got easily fatigued. Then I had enough energy to do a 10-hour a week practicum…then two- 30 hour a week internships. By then I could see with special glasses and my eyeball was back (for the most part) and my fatigue level was getting better. I could also walk again.
To make a very long story short, I am now a fully licensed therapist with two licenses (LCPC and LMFT) and am certified in a very specialized form of treatment called Dialectical Behavior Therapy. I do 22 individual sessions and lead two groups within 3 days a week and then have 4 days off. I still have to have an MRI of my brain every year but it’s been 6 1/2 years and nothing has changed. I know God helped me realize my dreams, but it was perseverance that got me here. I truly believe anyone can “become what they might have been,” and I use my story to try to inspire others.
That’s awesome and doesn’t sound crazy at all. I would say perseverance is your middle name as well. I am amazed by your story, Linda.Tell your story and tell it often because it does inspire. Thank you so much.
Thanks, Adam! I will. ;o)
Linda – you rock.
That made my night reading that. Keep going!
Thanks, Eddy…you made my day…and it’s only 5:57 am. ;o)
This is going to sound kind of crazy, but I think perseverance is my middle name. I have felt it is like a “gift,” given to me that I can’t get rid of. The most dramatic time I persevered (there have been many times) was after I had started college at 51-years-old because I wanted to fulfill a dream. My plan was to go on and get my masters to become a psychotherapist. When I graduated four-years-later I was on my way. That Fall i was diagnosed with an “inoperable” brain tumor and told I had a year to live. No neurosurgeon in my state would touch it. I found one in Los Angeles and underwent a very risky brain surgery.
When I woke up I couldn’t walk, lost the hearing in my left ear (permanently) and had terrible double vision from an eyeball that was now cockeyed. And that wasn’t the worst of it. My perception of things was way off and I knew it. And there was ringing in my ears and a loud buzzing noise in my brain that woke me up 10-15 times a night. I lay in bed for several months and then decided “I’ve had it.” I got into a fully accredited online masters level counseling program and started my masters degree from bed. It took a total of 3-years. By the time I needed to travel to my first residency, I used a power chair to get around. Then by the next one I could walk but got easily fatigued. Then I had enough energy to do a 10-hour a week practicum…then two- 30 hour a week internships. By then I could see with special glasses and my eyeball was back (for the most part) and my fatigue level was getting better. I could also walk again.
To make a very long story short, I am now a fully licensed therapist with two licenses (LCPC and LMFT) and am certified in a very specialized form of treatment called Dialectical Behavior Therapy. I do 22 individual sessions and lead two groups within 3 days a week and then have 4 days off. I still have to have an MRI of my brain every year but it’s been 6 1/2 years and nothing has changed. I know God helped me realize my dreams, but it was perseverance that got me here. I truly believe anyone can “become what they might have been,” and I use my story to try to inspire others.
That’s awesome and doesn’t sound crazy at all. I would say perseverance is your middle name as well. I am amazed by your story, Linda.Tell your story and tell it often because it does inspire. Thank you so much.
Thanks, Adam! I will. ;o)
Linda – you rock.
That made my night reading that. Keep going!
Thanks, Eddy…you made my day…and it’s only 5:57 am. ;o)
Linda is my new hero!!!!!
Linda is my new hero!!!!!