Placing the card into my
hands, he smiled,
then spoke, "I know your story Mr. Pokorski, I'm grateful
your with us." Tears forming from my eyes as I read the card to myself. A
statement of healing, mastery, and becoming. I grasped those words that January
evening, holding them close as I began a new chapter.
Nearly two years ago I embarked
on a life change. Moving to a city unknown, leaving supports, friends, and
family in hopes of finding meaning. Wounded from tragic events that plagued my
soul continually, I searched for a way to give back the support I had been
given. I arrived at NYU Silver with an open mind and heart for change and
healing.
Depths of despair,
heights of resilience, I've learned a deeper sense of what it is to be human. The
pain of my past, now my power. My heart cry continually being that injustice
will not prevail in the life of the individuals' put before me. My story, my
pain, has found meaning.
Every tear, heartbreak,
failure, disappointment, injustice, today they all make sense. I wouldn't be
the man I've become if it weren't for the lives that have touched me, the
people that have loved me, and the pains that have formed me.
Continually healing, but
increasingly whole.
The Sun is Rising
