I am writing this post to share with you some things that I believe we all can “Overcome“. I do believe there is little to nothing we cannot overcome. I see endless possibilities of actions, beliefs and behaviors to provide strength, hope and success in doing so!

A couple of years ago I was in a terrible accident. Knocked out and off my horse. which left me 3 days in an induced coma, then another month in the hospital. A very dear friend who was with me saw my horse trip and me fall. I believe my horse tripped and we knocked heads (I do not just fall off my horses :).

I was in 2 different hospitals, told that they expected (if I lived) to be in for 6 to 8 months. Remembering very little to nothing at all. I guess we knocked heads pretty good! I got out in the next month, then outpatient therapies for the next few months, ongoing followup appointments with doctors. Ha! I really enjoyed the next bit of time where I continuously found  out what I could no longer do!

It has definitely been a journey, I could have chosen any moment to give up. I felt nothing, no passion, saw no beauty, felt I had nothing anymore to keep me going! All things I had to find again if I wanted to continue in this life!

I will go over some of the things I faced later but for this blog I will begin to tell about my journey out and what I believed and did to begin to lift myself up.

The first of any significance to me was to look at what and whom I wanted to be and experience with my life and my future. When asked the questions of how do I see my future, I realized it was totally different from where I was prior to the incident. I wasn’t sure how or why, it just felt different, my path had veered a little and I was not going to be there to see or experience it in anyway.

I used to be a very passionate person, not giddy, nor visually or expressively always excited, but I had done all things in my life with “Passion” with energy, with commitment,  with the greatest gratitude to be there! So… I chose to find this again

I decided to live each day with a “Word of the Day” to drive me to see, reach, feel something, anything! I chose the word “Passion”. I would find one thing, no matter how big or small I could or would do with Passion!

The first thing I did was just to remind myself each morning “I am doing this! What am I finding?” It seemed very little at first, progressively getting to be more. I was at most…”a Sleeping Bear”

Next Blog “What are some of these thing? How do I Keep awakening this Sleeping Bear?”

(Image of a Bear I created out of clay while in the Hospital!)