6 years ago my life stopped.

6 years ago my life stopped.
Today is a reminder of the most life changing event of my life. From that day, started a lifelong commitment to understand more about myself, others and life itself.
Why? Is always the first question that comes to mind when something so hurtful happens to us. Just like you, I also asked myself this question, though it dissipated as the days went by, as I started to ask myself different questions. What’s the message here? What can I do? What is there for me to learn? What do I have to change? How different can I live from today onwards?
Life is an experience and we all went through some kind of experience that we never thought we’d survive, but we did, we’re still here. And that’s beautiful. Understanding that changes everything to the experience of life itself.
I'm proof of it, you’re proof of it, we’re all proof of it.
Looking back, I could focus on the worst part, I could remember the pain, the tears, the worry, the confusion, the heartache, the loss, but I’ve decided long ago to only make space for the good memories of what I’ve been given the opportunity to live at that moment of my life.
What if everything we lived, even the worst part, was a calling for us to live a different life? What if everything we go through had a message that we need to understand and act on? What if we were only given the challenges that we were able to thrive upon? What if whatever you’re going through right now, you could somewhere in between the pain, the tears, the worry, the confusion, the heartache have an intrinsic, deep inner knowing that you will be OK. That even if there are things that we can’t really make sense of, you will find a way to thrive and reborn from the ashes. What if you knew that your worst life’s experiences were about become your best teacher, your best guide, your best ally, your special treasure?
6 years ago, my life began.