I am starting this thread a bit early, but I know when one posts late it gets missed by most.
The last school shooting happened 1 block away from my office. The whole situation saddens me, but what hits me the hardest is knowing that a 14 year old lived such a tortured life that he went in shooting and killed himself. Last July I had the good fortune to attend a "Challenge Day" in Toledo. I really didn't expect much...but WOW...I could not belive the result. Teens who I would have been scared to walk next to on the street up just pouring their hearts and pain out. One kid in my group had confided in us that he tried to commit suicide 20x in the last year due to a medication he had been put on...he told us that one day gave him more healing than all the therapy he had been through. I walked away from that day in awe and inspired. Yet, life still took it turns and I really didn't do much with it...other than the incredible feeling I had from it.
The shooting moved me to action. "Challenge Day" is coming into Cleveland next week and I am INVOLVED. I really can not explain Challenge Day..if you google it you will find the organization. If you order their CD it will amaze you...what one day can do to change lives. I saw it....there were these kids there that had been to Challenge Day before and it changed their lives...and I could only hope to aspire to be like them.
So that is what I am busy doing. I have my entire office involved now. It is about waking up to what is going on out there. Being a teen is tough. To me, had I had something like this at their age...just maybe I would not have turned to drink. When I opened up to many of the kids about my drinking they outright told me...if it could happen to you...it could happen to me...no thanks. They expressed how they hated how their friends acted while drinking, but still felt the pressure to drink. They said that I gave them a reason to say "no".
This program was showcased on "Oprah" about a year back. At that time I had a fire in my belly about it. Now I am doing something with it. I read the posts daily...and I get so much inspiration out of it.
Thanks to everyone here. I do not post often anymore...mostly because unless I have something positive to add to what has already been said...I like to just read. Today I felt that fire in my belly...that I maybe had something positive to add.
Karma
The last school shooting happened 1 block away from my office. The whole situation saddens me, but what hits me the hardest is knowing that a 14 year old lived such a tortured life that he went in shooting and killed himself. Last July I had the good fortune to attend a "Challenge Day" in Toledo. I really didn't expect much...but WOW...I could not belive the result. Teens who I would have been scared to walk next to on the street up just pouring their hearts and pain out. One kid in my group had confided in us that he tried to commit suicide 20x in the last year due to a medication he had been put on...he told us that one day gave him more healing than all the therapy he had been through. I walked away from that day in awe and inspired. Yet, life still took it turns and I really didn't do much with it...other than the incredible feeling I had from it.
The shooting moved me to action. "Challenge Day" is coming into Cleveland next week and I am INVOLVED. I really can not explain Challenge Day..if you google it you will find the organization. If you order their CD it will amaze you...what one day can do to change lives. I saw it....there were these kids there that had been to Challenge Day before and it changed their lives...and I could only hope to aspire to be like them.
So that is what I am busy doing. I have my entire office involved now. It is about waking up to what is going on out there. Being a teen is tough. To me, had I had something like this at their age...just maybe I would not have turned to drink. When I opened up to many of the kids about my drinking they outright told me...if it could happen to you...it could happen to me...no thanks. They expressed how they hated how their friends acted while drinking, but still felt the pressure to drink. They said that I gave them a reason to say "no".
This program was showcased on "Oprah" about a year back. At that time I had a fire in my belly about it. Now I am doing something with it. I read the posts daily...and I get so much inspiration out of it.
Thanks to everyone here. I do not post often anymore...mostly because unless I have something positive to add to what has already been said...I like to just read. Today I felt that fire in my belly...that I maybe had something positive to add.
Karma
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