Alex’s story 2023 #helpforAlex part 6 Leave a legacy
- Joe Siar
- Oct 8, 2023
- 2 min read
Through this entire process and experience I have been left with a few questions that has lingered in my mind.
What can I do to change the system?
What can I do better?
What can I do to help other parents?
What can I do to support others?
What can I do to change the world?
What can I do to leave a legacy?
Answering these questions will take time. Trying to find the answers to these questions though leaves me with 3 choices.
Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
I’m not a follower, and I’m certainly not the type to to get out of the way. So, that only leaves me with one choice. Lead. I have been unfortunately fortunate to have been through this 8 (yes 8!) times in the past. 8 times I have dealt with Inpatient, outpatient, and long term mental health care in the last 8 years for people in my family. I’m like the Tom Brady of mental health care.
But, why me? And what do I do with this information and experience? Do I sit back and let someone else deal with it? Or do I find a way to turn lemons into lemonade?
What can 1 person do to help change the system? To advocate and support parents around him? Why not me? Sometimes in life I think we are called to do certain things. The universe puts us in places that are right where we need to be. I was given 3 amazing children to raise all alone. No F’n clue how to do it, but I’m doing it anyways. Now it’s putting me here. In a place where my soul is tugging at me to help people.
How do I do that? No idea! But, I’m going to start right here. I’m going to start by taking all the hurt, loss, grief, tragedy, and pain I’ve experienced and I’m going to channel that negative energy into a force for good. I’m going to do whatever I can do to help at-least ONE person feel like they are not alone. It starts with a page, that’s going to be a website, that’s going to be a blog, that will be a group, etc. Who knows, maybe one day it will be a foundation or a charity.
It’s time to do something meaningful with my life. Something that will leave a legacy and help those who need it. I don’t want to go to my grave knowing I could have done something but I chose not to.
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