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DAY 29

Good Fear, New Strengths

Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is
finished: if you’re alive, it isn’t.

— Richard Bach

I held on to that experience in my hospital room for dear life, and I
still do. It held a greater vision for my life than the prognosis that the
physicians held for me. I had substantial swelling in my brain in an area
the doctors could not reach. I was only able to focus and stay awake for
a few minutes at a time in the beginning, and eventually I worked my
way up to a half a day. It occurred to me that I always enjoyed helping

others. My thoughts were that I knew what to do for others, but now
I didn’t know how to help myself. However, the rehabilitation team
knew exactly what to do; they had plans for me, and my angels were
on board. I spent two months in the hospital and left in a wheelchair
with a prognosis that would have chained me to that wheelchair doing
crossword puzzles for life.
I knew God had another plan for my life, and it was greater than

being in a wheelchair. As I began to heal, fear operating as sabotage
began a slow dance with me. As a result of that experience, I have
uncovered new strengths within myself and developed coping tech-
niques to confront my fears and decide to act regardless of my cir-
cumstances.

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