Transcript
Speaker: You and I are living life like it is an emergency. And so we spend so much of our lives, and this is what happened to me, edging just up to that limit of what our body and our mind and our soul can take. And we keep pushing it, and we keep pushing it, and we keep pushing it. And for me, it was like I was tightening the violin string on my life. And one day, I tightened it just a little bit more.
Speaker: and it snapped. As human, messy miracles can only take so much chaos. I have a feeling that you're tired of information. You're tired of people telling you what to do. Instead of information today, I'm going to give you an invitation and some inspiration for a different way to live.
Speaker: a different way to live that looks like hope and it feels like freedom. You have a war going on inside of you. Faith trumps fear, life triumphs over death, joy overwhelms mourning, and I will forever dance between the tension of my will and his. I feel him whisper, do you want to feel peace and joy again?
Speaker: You can't work your way out of this one on your own. Be still and know that I am not. It was supposed to be so beautiful, this story of mine. It certainly wasn't supposed to involve panic attacks on the bathroom floor or walking into a mental health treatment center to ask for help.
Speaker: The thing is, I looked like I had it all together and I honestly thought that I did. But I wouldn't change a thing because now I get to share the journey with you, the mess and the miracle. My name is Laura Fleetwood and this is my story.
