Why should you pay it forward?

If you are an avid follower, then I am sure you know this year has probably not been one of my most polished years. My crown has been knocked from my head plenty of times this year and my faith has been pushed to the limits.

Yet I have remained strong and came out on top of all the challenges hurled at me. Yet I have learned no matter what you are going through their are others out their battling far worse demons than you are and we should, no matter how we feel, count our blessings.

I was knocked off my socks and reminded how lucky I actually am about two weeks ago, when a friend (who I will remain anonymous for their protection) came to me with their situation, that left me in a sobbing state of snot, tears and my heart in utter agony for what they where going through.

I sat there listening to their story and all I wanted to do was wrap my arms around this person and transfer all their pain and agony out of their heart and place it onto my shoulders to carry. This individual is young and I felt the burden thrown onto their shoulders was extremely unfair and not what anyone on this planet deserves to go through.

I sat listening to their life story and I felt anger build up behind my eyes, as the tears swelled up. You see this individual was adopted from a young child, so already their childhood wasn’t that great. This child was then forced to grow up with a family (from what I can understand didn’t really love this child unconditionally – they may have been more interested in the trust fund left to the child).

This young smart child was also advised by their adopted father not to finish high school, just so that they could have full control over them. Yet the child persevered and stood his grown and actually did so well in high school that they passed with distinctions. Now you probably reading this and thinking but this persons story doesn’t sound so bad, but there is more to this story to come.

You see I met this child a year ago and I found a soul crying for love, affection and appreciation. This soul was smeared with insecurities, pain and darkness. I couldn’t help but wrap my wings around this child and befriend them because I could see they needed a friend who could just be there for them. Now this friendship came with a major age gap (14 years difference to be precise) but I have friends that are way older than me, so should age really be an issue in friendships – I don’t think so because it’s not the person we become friends with, it’s the souls we connect too.

So this soul came to me two weeks ago to tell me that they came out the closet to their family. Of course I was joyous to celebrate this individuals freedom from that dark closet (I have been there, so I know the weight that is lifted off your shoulders when you come out). But here is the kicker, this individuals family completely lost the plot. This individual finally got the courage to come out of that dark lonely closet, and they devoured his soul and spat him out like an old piece of gum.

This individual was threatened and told they had 30 minutes to get their “crap out of their house”. The family threatened to kill this poor innocent soul, and told them how worthless they were to them. This soul was even advised that they should even change their surname back to their original surname, not the surname they had gained through the adoption.

I was speechless, I had never heard of such hatred. This individual was crumbling in-front of me, while their family members were discussing the possibility of a reform camp to convert this child because he was “sick”.

My heart bled……I had only heard and seen this type of crap in movies and television shows.

What could we do to help this soul out. There was no second thoughts about it, this individual had to move in with us. If I leave this planet and have helped one soul, then I know I can leave with a full heart knowing I have paid it forward to at least one soul. This individual couldn’t believe that we would allow them to move in with us, after being rejected by their so called family; I reassured the individual that they had a new family – myself and Mark.

So my home family may have gained an additional member but at least this soul can now rest assured that they have a safe home, with a family that will love and protect them.

So you may be asking, where am I going with my story? It’s simple, so I’ll keep it brief, NO MATTER what we personally may be going through in life , remember their are individuals in far worse situations then yourself. So count your blessings!

My blessings are that I was lucky enough to have a loving family that accepted and embraced me when I came out the closet…..Others are not so lucky.

So here’s my plea, I am asking you, that no matter what you are going through, keep an eye out there, because there are individuals out there in far worse places. I am also pleading to my followers, to open your hearts, pay it forward. If you can make a difference in one individuals life, you could be changing their entire world and saving them from a very dark place.

So open your souls, listen to friends and look for subtle signs, where someone may be pleading for help.

This is me signing out for the weekend guys, so peace out and help out.

Liam

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