Have you ever heard someone’s story and thought How is this possible? They tell the story as if it’s magical, like a Cinderella story. Two particular people come to mind when I think of Cinderella stories, the first is Tyler Perry from homeless to self-made billionaire and the next is Steve Harvey from living in his vehicle for 3 years to Emmy award-winning.
I grew up believing in miracles. My childhood church taught healing the sick, having faith, and much more. But my mother struggled as a single mom instilled in me that better days are coming. It’s what gave her hope and kept her waking up another day. If you grew up poor, homeless, struggling, and living paycheck to paycheck then I know you get it. It’s all there was, to believe in a miracle because if you asked anyone how do you get there, no one knew. Just keep praying, having faith, and hoping it works out.
I believe the difference between those with the Cinderella story and those who are not there yet is that they are not moving on instinct. Instinct will guide you when it doesn’t make sense. Instinct will give you answers when you cannot find them in the text. It’s our God-given central intelligence that we often dismiss due to objectivity. Basing our decisions on external data rather than subjectivity, our feelings and beliefs, not to be confused with trauma.
Instinct is more than just having faith, hoping, and praying, instinct is about knowing. And that knowledge comes from allowing that small inner voice to guide us. But here is the kicker, if you are not still, quiet, and in touch with your spiritual man, you will miss it. It’s always there but we miss it because we refuse to stop. We refuse to quiet the mind, pray, meditate, connect with nature, and find our spiritual man.
I believe that Tyler Perry and Steve Harvey had a lot of quiet time during those years they were homeless. They weren’t watching the news, emailing, texting, calling, and scrolling social media just to compare themselves. Those are not options when you are homeless. You have one option and that’s to have faith and trust your instinct if you wanna survive and have a Cinderella story.
Dealing to Healing 