The following is the first of an 11 part series entitled “Did you get what you came for?” explaining some of the most prominent lessons I learned at the 42nd Generation Leadership Academy in Mijas, Spain.
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Three months into what should have been a dream, I realized I was living in a nightmare of unrealistic expectations. My heart broke over and over again, and I stared, dumbfounded, up at heaven wondering when God would fulfill his promises to me and end the misery of disappointment. I wasn’t defiant enough to shake my fist at God, but I was living every day with my fists clenched.
As I sat in my American Airlines window seat, I dreamed of the simple truth and easy laughter I’d find in Spain. In that moment, nothing could have prepared me for the waves of anger, sadness, and fear that washed over me in the first three months of my new European life.
I did not get the simple truth and easy laughter I had imagined.
I came face to face with the inadequacy, shame, and fear I’d been trying to silence with my good intentions, and I crumbled under the weight of it all.
On December 11th, I answered the question I dreaded most:
“Amy, did you get what you came for?”
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Part 2: “Who are you?” coming 4/21/2017
