3 Strokes In 3 Weeks Saved My Life

There were things I was doing in my life that caused 3 strokes in 3 weeks and I needed to figure out what they were and why this had happened to me, so that I could make the change in my life I was in desperate need of making. Having 3 strokes in 3 weeks was a huge wake-up call. I knew I needed to change something before I killed myself and I believed the only way I could do that was by finding an answer as to how I got here in the first place. This meant asking myself, what was I doing wrong and why was I doing it? I needed to know and understand what I was doing to my body, so that I could come out of this, recover and make sure it never happened again. This change was going to begin be rediscovering who I was. While looking back in hindsight I was surprised to uncover some things about myself. I realized that I have extreme behavior for the things I have passion for and this took a big part in the conclusion as to why I was putting so much stress on my body. When I have a passion for something I learned I have perfect willingness and drive to be the best at it no matter the consequences that may follow. I was surprised to learn that in the journey of my life, there were these pathways that I had chosen without thinking at the times why I was choosing them and now those choices were helping me understand my behavior, giving me the ability to control them for the future. 3 strokes in 3 weeks was my wake-up call. That’s what it took in order to save me from myself.

-- Leo Costa Jr.