“I no longer want to be resilient.

 

I don’t want to simply bounce back from things that hurt me or cause me pain. Bouncing back means returning to where I stood before.

 

Instead, I want to go beyond the hurts and the darkness.

 

The first step toward genuine healing from my mental illness was when I came to trust and believe that there was a beyond.

 

Now I reach for beyond every day, in every encounter, in every circumstance. I seek to go where I have never traveled.

 

I wake with the vision of a purposeful day, filled with adventure and teachings. Then I take the first step and try to make it Beyond.”

 

- Richard Wagamese