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HOW HYPERTENSION SAVED MY LIFE by Jojopahmaria Nsoroma
H O W H Y P E R T E N S I O N Saved My Life
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July 1, 2014 - The Trouble: Really, God? Really?
It’s 12 noon, and my legs are folded in an armchair in the basement of a friend’s home in Wisconsin. It isn’t my home. My financial rug is gone, and although I knew that this huge change was coming, I couldn’t bring myself to accept it. Today, I am in so much physical and emotional pain that all I can do is sit and cry. I’m worried that my blood pressure won’t come down. My plan didn’t work out. I am not going to be where I thought I would be for the rest of my life. Except for a couple of suitcases and some books and CD’s, everything I own that I didn’t give away to friends and Goodwill; or leave by the garbage containers in the alley, is now boxed up in storage. I feel like I have failed. Again!
July 1, 2017 - The Turning Point: Okay God, I surrender!
For real this time! It’s 12 noon, and I’m about to jump into my car, put pedal to the metal, and cruise on down the highway from the Midwest to the Southwest. I now understand that there’s no going back. Thank God, my blood pressure is now running normal. I have no idea when or where I’ll have a financial rug again, but I’ ve made a deeper commitment to myself, my God and the Universe to put my physical and emotional health and wellbeing first. I am now completely open to learning how to be in alignment with God’s plan for me. I feel a combination of excitement, grief, and the joy of freedom. Like never before!
July 1, 2021 - The Treasure: Thank you, God!
I love my life and am open to receive! It’s 12 noon, and I’m lounging in my beach chair on Zuma Beach in Malibu County, California. It’s a weekday, and the temperature is 75 degrees and sunny. I have been provided with a financial rug and home of my own, as well as a place to do my spiritual healing work. My experience of success is not just financial and material. My physical health and emotional wellbeing are better than ever. My blood pressure is better than normal. Also, I’m collaborating easily and effortlessly with very talented people who are also committed to a healthy and abundant lifestyle. I now truly understand the importance of trusting the higher process and journey to authentic success. I am beyond grateful!
As you can see from my journal excerpts above, I’ ve gone through a 7-year process experiencing and learning how trouble turns into treasure. When I Iook back on my experience now, I know for sure that even when I believed I was a failure, I was actually still successful, and still winning. Owner and steward of Higher Expectations Consulting Collaborative, is an accomplished innovator and influencer of human and organizational change. Since 1979, she has made significant contributions as a human services professional through a wide variety of educational and program leadership roles. In addition to her organizational and professional development work, Jojopah also provides spiritual healing and coaching to individuals, broadcasts a weekly internet radio program (Wisdom Walk Talk), is a YouTube influencer (Wisdom Walk to SelfMastery), and has published her first book, (Wisdom Walk to Self-Mastery: ancient wisdom for transforming pain). She currently resides in Santa Monica, CA where she can easily walk to the ocean, practice her skills as a classical pianist, and visit restored movie palaces in Hollywood.
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You see, at the beginning of 2014, I had been diagnosed with out-of-control hypertension. It is a miracle that I didn’t have a stroke because my blood pressure had been in the danger zone for weeks. I wasn’t conscious about it. I just knew that I was feeling good, but didn’t understand why. Once I learned how serious my condition was, I began to realize, too, that I needed a huge lifestyle change. The timing of my health challenge coincided with the completion of a major consulting contract. I had no energy to do any kind of work, so I allowed myself to go unofficially bankrupt and become a nomad.
I went in search of a place where I could get healthy again, and this eventually led me to the perpetual sunshine of Arizona. With the support of friends, I secured a one-way plane ticket and places to safely lay my head down at night. I continued my spiritual coaching work, which brought in enough cash to allow me to focus on getting healthy and really writing my first book. All was going good, but in the spring of 2016, I accepted an offer to work as an employee for a human services organization back in the place I had left in 2014. Although the experience brought much financial stability and boosted my ego, my need for a different lifestyle to maintain my health became greatly evident. After about a year and a half, I resigned and courageously went back into the sunshine and the writing of my book.
Too often as entrepreneurs, we forget that we matter more than the money. The most common culture of economics doesn’t hesitate to put profit over people, so it’s easier for us to go along with that program rather than challenge it. Thanks to my hypertension, and my choosing not to die, I have established my healthy life- and -work-style. By 2018, I was living in my dream city of Santa Monica, California, where I finished writing and publishing my book. This experience grew my sense of worthiness, and I was able to take more creative entrepreneurial risks that have proven to be aligned with God’s plan for me.
At this time in my journey, I’ ve been able to grow my financial rug in ways I could have never imagined. Every day I am learning new things, connecting with new people, and having fun in the process. Most importantly though, I know that my greatest treasure is my ability to put my physical and emotional health needs first. When I do this, I will always experience the right success. I thank my hypertension for coming into my life and waking me up to this truth. May my experience help you believe that your troubles can also turn into treasure.
H O W H Y P E R T E N S I O N Saved My Life
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