Finding My Soul

I have been given a wonderful opportunity to open myself up and find my soul.  For over a year, with the last five months being the worst, I have been having chronic daily migraine with many of the so disabling that breathing was a challenge.  The constant pain was wearing me down to almost nothing.  I was turning into a frail and brittle version of myself, beaten down and overtaken by pain.  It was seriously affecting my self-esteem and confidence in ever feeling happy again in my life.  


As I was venting during one of my counseling sessions, my counselor Kelley suggested a book to me with daily exercises.  This book was Iyanla Vanzant's One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days and 40 Nights Toward Spiritual Strength and Personal Growth.  I welcomed it with open arms.  Mostly because I just LOVE Iyanla and her no nonsense way about speaking the truth most people spend their life avoiding.  She is very inspirational to me and if what she says in this book is going to help pull me out of the deep, dark hole of guilt, shame and hopelessness that I'm in now, then I'm going all the way in.


I decided to document what I learn as I go through each of the 40 days and nights and hopefully what I learn about myself can help inspire others who are living lives of chronic pain and illness to do the same.  Despair does not have to be what we have accepted as fate but instead opening up and rising above the pain.  Each day I'll share the answers to the questions for each new principle learned and document my journey towards spiritual strength and personal growth.