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In this world we live in, each one of us has had or will have something that we will go through, and at times we may need just a little bit of help to give us the strength to endure. It's not that we're cowards or weak, it's about finding a way to cope with whatever it may be. It could be a traumatic situation that you're having a hard time dealing with, or maybe a disappointment about a job or something dealing with school. No matter what it is or will be, sometimes gaining answers or support from another or others may be just what we need. You may not even know who it is you are gleaning wisdom from, but if that individual has been down that road similar to the one you happen to be traveling at the time, they may be the helping hand you need to help guide you through the storm.

Hello, and welcome to my blog Aspire To Encourage. I created this for just that purpose, to try to bring encouragement to others who are dealing with issues where they feel they have no where to turn. Each blog post was created from something I experienced, or something I learned through studying. As far back as I can remember, my heart has been filled with a desire to help out others that were hurting in one form or another, and that included animals too. It was my crazy upbringing that gave me that aspiration, except I did not know how to go about it being that I was in need of help myself. 

It was after going through years of abuse (I will share that testimony soon) that I grew to understand a way to be there for others. I was not interested in becoming a counselor because I felt no matter how educated you are on how to help others cope and deal with their issues, unless you actually go through things yourself,  you can never relate and therefore it is just words. 

 So I took the approach of using the skills, the gifts that God gave me in writing, and the empathy that I feel towards others as well as my own personal trials in different areas of my life, and used those to try to encourage others in one form or another. Coupled with my faith as a Believer in the Most High, I pulled out specific articles that I wrote that reached my heart from whatever I had experienced (and still experiencing), and these I share with you. 

I realize there is a lot of other blogs out there that are designed to uplift those in need, but my hope and my prayer is that something within this one will bring encouragement to anyone that may have need of a word of inspiration, and bring them to a place of positive thinking, and a desire to keep pushing on.

Thank you.

Celeste O'Neill