The day my body pulled the emergency brake
I didn’t wake up one morning "manifesting" a multiple sclerosis diagnosis.
I was busy. BUSY!
Productive.
Doing all the “right” things.
And then my body basically said:
“Cool story. We’re done.”
Boom. Diagnosis.
Now here’s the part most people miss.
That moment wasn’t just a medical event.
It was a meaning event.
Same event. Different meanings. Different lives.
I could’ve decided:
- “My body betrayed me.”
- “This is the beginning of the end.”
- “I’m broken.”
And honestly?
Those meanings were available. Very available.
But meaning is not found.
Meaning is assigned.
So I chose something else.
I chose:
- “My body is forcing me to listen.”
- “This is an interruption with a purpose.”
- “This is initiation, not punishment.”
That single decision changed everything.
Not the symptoms.
Not the timeline.
Not the facts.
The direction.
There’s a brutal, simple sequence at work here:
- What you focus on
- What you decide it means
- How you move next
Most people skip straight to action and wonder why they’re exhausted, resentful, or stuck.
I slowed down.
I redesigned my life instead of managing it.
I stopped proving and started aligning.
And here’s the uncomfortable truth no one wants to hear:
If that diagnosis hadn’t happened,
I would’ve kept living a life that looked successful and felt misaligned.
My worst day didn’t destroy me.
It introduced me.
Meanings you can choose in moments like this:
- Life is happening to me → victim energy
- Life is happening for me → growth energy
- Life is asking me to evolve → creator energy
- This pain has instructions → leadership energy
Same event.
Wildly different futures.
You don’t need a diagnosis to practice this.
A breakup.
A business failure.
Burnout.
Getting fired.
Getting stuck.
The question is never “Why did this happen?”
That question has no power.
The real question is:
“What am I going to decide this means?!”
That’s where authority is born.
Alexandru
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