Mar 6, 2024
Anthony dives right in to share how what he experienced from
childhood to adulthood greatly
influenced his present-day life. It began at the tender young age
of six and carried forward
until adulthood with multiple and continuous experiences of how he
was impacted and
influenced in his achievements and failures. When he arrived in
Canada, he provided details
of how he felt he had to start from the ground up again. After he
retired, he developed an
illness that kept him wheelchair bound, he later endured a
wheelchair accident, where he was
struck by a motorist while Anthony was taking his dog for a walk,
which has limited his
accessibility. Given that he was born at a time and place where
poverty was rampant, social
stratification and feeling at the bottom, themes that consistently
showed up for him were
about continuously having to restart, not fitting in, and keeping
himself small. He took time to
describe how he felt like a burden at times and full of inadequacy,
and even though he
believes he has healed a great deal of the trauma, Anthony
constantly feels that he relives the
trauma from his past. He explained his desperate attempts to prove
himself and contend with
the feelings of unworthiness and the on-going struggles, so he
really felt the need to work
extra hard to be accepted. This led him to have on-going battles
with self-doubt, having bouts
of depression, intense worrying and rivaling with imposter
syndrome. His key message to the
listeners is that: we are all broken in some way, whether you are
missing something, shifting
from something, or feeling incomplete in some way and yet each
person is resilient and can
overcome struggles; it takes time and effort; you have the right to
be happy, it’s in your reach;
it’s your right to seek happiness and accept nothing less; it’s not
over until it’s over.