Oprah Winfrey had a troubled childhood that included being sexually abused repeatedly by several different men from the ages of 9-14. After much trauma, she would later become one of the most powerful and influential people the world has ever known.
Immaculee Ilibagiza lived hidden for 3 months in a 3'X4' secret bathroom in the home of a pastor with 7 other starving women. Her entire family was brutally murdered during the Rwandan holocaust; some just inches from her, outside the bathroom window. She would later speak for countless audiences worldwide on the power and necessity of forgiveness, marry a supportive and loving husband and have 2 beautiful children. Her life-changing book has sold more than 250,000+ copies worldwide.
J.K. Rowling began writing her famous Harry Potter series as a single mother, while suffering from clinical depression and suicidal thoughts and while on welfare and is now leading an over $15 Billion dollar industry.
Andy Andrews (one of my favorite authors), went from being homeless and broke, living under a pier on the Gulf Coast, to being personally invited to speak at the request of 4 US presidents as well as many highly ranked military leaders. His influential novel, The Traveler's Gift was turned down as a manuscript by 51 publishers before it went on to become a New York Times Bestseller and translated into more than 20 languages.
Imagine you were given the knowledge of who these people would become and you were given the opportunity to tell them this information during their darkest moments.
As Oprah fought back the demons as a young teenager, imagine you told her she would one day be one of the greatest influences and one of the most powerful people of all time. Would she have believed you?
Or, you arrived under that pier on the Gulf Coast to find a young man who lost both of his parents too young, and you let him know that one day he would become an empowering communicator that would inspire countless audiences with his messages of hope and perspective, including some of the greatest leaders in the world. And what if you told him that he would take what he learned from those biographies he was reading under that pier and use it to write books that would sell millions of copies, influencing countless people to make better choices for themselves. Would he have believed you?
What if you were one of the women who shared that tiny bathroom with Immaculee and you let her know to just hang on because she would one day be a force that would change the world with her message of forgiveness. And, what if you told her she would be honored with numerous humanitarian awards and regarded as one of the world's leading speakers on peace, faith, and forgiveness by sharing her universal message with world dignitaries, school children, multinational corporations and churches. And if you told her that her story, Left to Tell would be mandatory reading at such prominent institutions as Villanova University, would she have believed you?
What if you sat beside J.K. Rowling on that train as the story of Harry Potter began to materialize in her head and you let her know that her ideas would grow into a series of 7 books that would sell about 450 million copies and would be translated into 67 languages, entertaining and serving millions, making the Harry Potter brand worth in excess of $15 billion, would she have believed you?
Really imagine what these people must have been thinking in those dire moments. Did they feel alone, empty, scared, stuck and unsure? Perhaps unsuccessful, unimportant and unfulfilled? Were they confused, bewildered and broken?
My guess is that you are also aware of people who have been in such a state to only turn around and create a life of amazing success. I could have written pages and pages of people I have read about or have known who have weathered their own personal storms and done just that.
Let me fill you in on a secret. I have information about you.
You have that same potential for greatness within you right now.
That idea in your head, that inspiration you push aside, the story that only you can tell, that vision people tell you isn't possible, that thought you have about helping that group or person or that business you dream about has the ability to change your life.
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In the middle of every difficulty comes opportunity. ~Albert Einstein
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