The Impact of Hope

By Susan Binnie

I am a speaker; I speak from my heart. What do I know about writing, I am not a writer? This is the story that was playing out in my head for many years. Someone told me I should not write as I came across sounding stupid… I took that By Susan Binnie to heart and decided that I was not good at it. Little did I know that it was more about the power it gave me, and she felt threatened. It was the story she was telling herself all along. She needed me to stop looking better than her, so she created a story to tell me and I believed it.

If you do something that feeds your soul and know you are good at it, you should never let anyone tell you that you can’t…

The more you do things the better you get at them. Quite often the more you feel you can’t, is exactly why you should… Overcoming obstacles is a part of life… A part of your story. The story that allows you to be who you truly are! The story of speaking from stage and knowing I could write all happened in the past six years. I have overcome many obstacles in my life. The biggest one has turned into the best story of my life. A story that has shaped me into who I was meant to be. In life, quite often our mess becomes our message. This part of my message is called hope.

Hope has had the biggest impact on my life!

As I thought about writing this article, I asked my husband “when you think about impact, and you think about me, which story would be the best to share?” his response, “all of them, when you tell your stories you always have impact on someone” … When he said that it got me thinking. Thinking about my daughter. If it were not for her and all she has overcome, all we have overcome together, I likely would not be doing the work I am doing. It would not be about what YOU can do, what YOU will do to get there, and who YOU are...

My daughter Angela was born premature and the day I was supposed to take her home from the hospital I found out she had hydrocephalus, water on the brain and she needed surgery. This is when all the cants’ started to be put into her world and at the same time, I knew we needed to take them out. The journey began and so did her independence. Years later when Angela was 15 her Neurosurgeon said to me,

“You should write a book, a book about hope…”

What did I know about writing a book, I was not a writer? Yet here I am telling this story. Writing this article all about what she experienced. Things that should not have happened and they did. Movement she was never meant to have, feeling in parts of her body that she should not have. Abilities that should be impossible are possible for her. The year was 2010 and we had just gone through a shunt revision. I say we as it was a hard week of recovery for both Angela and me. We stayed in the hospital together until she was well enough to come home.

This is when the journey of hope truly began.

Many things changed, as I think back many things became easier for Angela. Her left foot wanted to lift up more than ever before. Her system no longer wanted to rely on the brace she had worn since she learned how to walk. Everything got very loud for her, so she stopped wearing her hearing aids. And the lights were so bright for her. She changed her prescription glasses for sunglasses and saw better than ever before. All of these things were not possible. There is no way that her vision, her hearing and the effects of her Cerebral Palsy should have gotten better.

For Angela though not only was it possible, but it was also hope for the future. A future that told her that anything is possible!!!

In 2015 my own journey of hope began. I was laid off from a 17-year career helping people. Downsized, devastated… The worst day of my life. In time it came to be the best day of my life as it took me on a journey… A journey to discover the hope for my future that has gone far beyond what I ever thought possible. I was shown what my purpose truly was and how helping people through the story they tell themselves and the story they tell others will provide hope to them and to those they are meant to serve. It took me several years to figure out how I was truly able to help others, help them find their powerful story, the story they could tell others to have hope.

The best story to help them convey their unique ability.

When we see someone in pain, we instinctively want to help. When we see ourselves in pain and we heal, this is the story we need to share to others to give them hope. If you have a skill that can take others from where they are to where they want to be, wouldn’t you want to help them get there? A vehicle to take them from Pain Island to Pleasure Island. The best story to share with them is how you do that, and how working with you can change their lives. The message of hope that you provide to others. The ripple effect you are meant to spread hope to the world.

The world needs Hope more now, then ever before! It is the time to share your message!

To learn how to effectively and clearly share your message contact me today. Read more at SusanBinnie.com.