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My Story.
By: Daniel Date: August 2, 2012, 1:41 am
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Nothing has been posted in this thread yet, so I thougt I'd post
a little something here. It may be inspirational for some of
you, others it may not. Either way, I hope you enjoy this and
find the true meaning behind it.
WARNING: This is a religious piece. I am in no way shape or form
trying to convert anyone or trying to disrespect your religious
views. Please respect mine.
I'm a normal 16 year old boy living in the big old United States
of America, just like several of us here. But I can honestly say
I may be way more mature than other kids I know that are my age
due to the events that have happened throughout my life. I have
been through Hell and back. And yet I am one of the emotionally
strongest people that I know. Here's my story:
I was 6 years old with a 4 year old sister. Divorced parents.
Small house, low income. Not a church-going type of family, so
God was not entirely in my life. January 11th, 2002 my dad
committed suicide via hanging. He was an alcoholic since he was
a teenager. Alcohol made him depressed. One day he was drunk and
miserable, so he decided to end his life, leaving 3 kids under
the age of 10 behind. He was 28 years old. I never knew my dad.
I don't remember his face, his voice, or his touch. Nothing. All
I have are faint memories and an old picture. I have had my
stepdad longer than my real dad. I have a connection with my
stepdad, but not like a true father-son connection. I do love my
stepdad, he's incredible. But because I have my biological
father's looks, I am him when it comes to his side of the
family. They do not recognize me for who I am as an individual.
When they look at me, they see my dad. I hate that. He was an
alcoholic with lots of girlfriends. That is not who I am.
My grandmother on my stepdad's side of the family was the person
who I could go to over anything and get advice for. I was
extremely close to her. Over the years, she had 5 different
fights with cancer. The final one, in 2011, was the fatal one.
It spread everywhere; lungs, brain, skin, bone, etc. I went to
church with her for about 2 and a half years and grew my
relationship with God. I was baptized in July of 2011, my
grandma was able to witness the event. In September of 2011, I
lost her. Leaving me alone with nobody to really go to like I
could go to her. But I had God, and he helped me through the
situation.
During my sophomore year in highschool (Fall '11-Spring '12), I
dated a girl about a year younger than me. I fell so hard for
her, that I was blinded. I gave her 7 different chances
throughout our relationship. First one, I was shown dirty
pictures that she had sent to an ex boyfriend of hers while we
were dating. Second, she took a "break" and tried getting back
with a different ex. Third, she tried a "break" again and did
the same thing. She drank alcohol (15 years old). She smoked pot
(still 15). She tried ANOTHER "break" and that's when I told her
no on it. We broke up, I thought for good. But we took our
relationship to secret from my parents to hide drama. She
cheated on me and smoked pot with another guy one weekend.
Spring break that year, me and her had sex. Biggest mistake of
my life. I know that I have done wrong, and God has forgiven me
and given me peace over my sins. I would be an emotional wreck
right now if it were not for Him.
During sophomore year, I was blinded by the physical aspects of
life, and walked off the path of God's Way. I had the
girlfriend; I had the car; I had the job; I had all the friends.
I was so caught up in the physical aspects, that I ignored God.
And He got me back on track by taking those things away from me.
I moved from Arkansas to California, thus losing my job. I
wrecked my truck and got a speeding ticket in my car within 4
months. I had tons and tons of drama (stated above) with the
girlfriend and I lost her. I was an emotional wreck and losing
everything that a guy my age loves.
I turned to God and asked forgiveness, and am now at peace. I am
mentally and emotionally stronger than I have ever been.
Christianity is my not my religion. It is my way of life. If you
met me in person, you may not think that I am a Christian by the
way I act sometimes. I am still a teenager, I make mistakes. But
I still believe in God and His love for me, and every one else
in the world. Due to all these events in my life, I should be a
super depressed kid that visits therapy twice a week. But I am
not depressed, I am happy. I do not visit therapy. Why? Because
of my relationship with God. Even when I was at my lowest, I
turned my head towards him and he put me back on the right path.
His path.
Thank you for reading this. Not many know my true story, but now
each of you do. I hope this may be an inspirational for any of
you other teenagers out there. Feel free to leave any comments
below. Any hating or flaming will be removed.
I am Daniel John B., and this is my story.
[font=arial black]"I'm fine in the fire, I feed on the friction.
I'm right where I should be, don't try and Fix Me." - Fix Me by
10 Years[/font]
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Re: My Story.
By: Chad Date: August 2, 2012, 1:52 am
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Amazing. So glad it all worked out Daniel :)
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Re: My Story.
By: Numberidge Date: August 2, 2012, 3:09 am
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I am a Christian too <3.
And your story was inspiring :o
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Re: My Story.
By: Mike Date: August 2, 2012, 7:09 am
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This my friends, is a true warrior. He's been through even more
then he posted, and he's still going strong. All the best buddy,
and I hope you're okay.
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Re: My Story.
By: hihi Date: August 2, 2012, 9:40 am
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Daniel this was a great thing that happened to you. Most other
people in this world couldn't live like that. I'm so glad you
did. Thanks for being and staying with this server to tell us
your amazing story. :) good luck man.
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Re: My Story.
By: Daniel Date: August 2, 2012, 10:23 am
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Yes Mike, everything is fine :) Just wanted to post that to
hopefully inspire others and let people know that life DOES get
better. I know majority of us are teenagers here, and that's who
the audience is for this piece.
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Re: My Story.
By: Jersey Shore Date: August 2, 2012, 10:29 am
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Ive had a rough life to I'll tell my story sometime.Theres a
reason why I look up to I Skill You and why I spend most of my
time on here but I'll save that for my story.
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Re: My Story.
By: Colotsalot Date: August 2, 2012, 10:50 am
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Wow. I am so happy that the Xydia "Community" is more like a
family now...
It is great that we can tell each other these things.
Also Daniel, that was very hard to read. Thank you for
sharing.
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Re: My Story.
By: Santa Clawz Date: August 2, 2012, 12:04 pm
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Nice, I'm a christian too, not surprising that I read the whole
story and knew a lot about this, we used to talk.
I've had a rough life too, but I'd rather not talk about my shit
that goes down, besides that I have a kid and can't even see
him, and some other shit.
Why I stay on the internet, I don't know.
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Re: My Story.
By: Daniel Date: August 2, 2012, 1:56 pm
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Yeah I had a scare with the ex about her being pregnant. Was a
crazy situation. Stew and Mike have both heard a lot of this,
I've talked with them in the past. It feels good to finally get
it all written down/typed out. Like a weight has been lifted.
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