Tim Arrigo, a clinician with over a decade working with people in crisis, shares how he escaped his own despair through faith and turned his pain into purpose. He argues your struggle can become tomorrow's strength if you take the first step and commit to the work.
I know what it feels like to feel lost and broken. I know what it feels like to feel so powerless and desperate for a different life that you're willing to make any sacrifice to have it. I know what it feels like to not believe in a better tomorrow and to have self-doubt and fear about whether or not what you want to achieve is actually possible. I know what that feels like. And, you know, working in the clinical setting for over a decade, working at the bottom in, in, in places with, with people who are at the bottom of the bottom, I saw people who were at their lowest point in life. And you know what I saw? Redemption. I saw what was possible because I always had belief. I don't see— see, call me crazy, I see people's potential. And see, when I was at my lowest and I changed my life, that sent me on a journey to do what? Find purpose in helping others. You can turn your pain into higher purpose and personal power. And see, some of you guys have a calling on your life, and it's on the other side of your struggle. Overcoming your own darkness allows you to liberate others from theirs. And it wasn't until I freed myself from my own emotional incarceration, the bondage that I kept myself in, that I understood this truth. So if you're feeling lonely today, if you're feeling like there's no hope for you, I just want you to know that you're looking at an individual right now Yeah, I've changed thousands of people's lives, but most importantly, God has done that through me. Number one. Number two, you're looking at a guy that just believed in himself and taking the first step, because it all starts in here, and it all starts in here. And that same thing that's keeping you stuck can be the same thing that frees you and liberates you. The struggles of your today can and will be the strength of your tomorrow if you allow them to. Believe in yourself today. Put forth the effort needed to change your life, because there's somebody out there right now that's waiting for you to help them.
