It was 6 years ago today that I left my house to go to work, also on a Friday night, January 13, 2006 and didn't realize I would never step foot in that apartment again.. That night, my life was changed for ever.. in so many ways.
There has been nothing more defining, strengthening and cataclysmic that has ever happened to me. After hitting a tree while patrolling the streets of Dade County, I became paralyzed from the chest down and suffered numerous complications.
It's six years later. My life is at another pivotal point. This time, by choice. I have learned to listen close and pay attentions to the signs around me. I have learned the power of gratitude and most importantly I have learned to live authentically to my true nature.
Six years since my accident more than 100 officers are now fighting for their jobs in the department I used to work for. They are being laid off. It is with immense conviction and certainty that I wish to tell them that no matter what, everything will be okay. Whether our lives are changed by the hands of others or an act of fate, it all makes sense in the end. It is hard to endure the bitch-slap life gives you while you're going through the ordeal, but with a poised mind and by stepping out of the situation and looking at it from the outside in, other perspectives become clear and the fog dissipates. It is hard to imagine now, but gratitude for this incident will inevitably take place.. Hopefully sooner than later.
My thoughts are with all these officers and their families. I know that other doors are opening for them in many other facets of their life as this one is closing.
Love and wisdom always.
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