Making Everything Beautiful

Have you ever had the wind knocked out of you? I did when I was seven years old and I thought I was dying. Literally. Obviously, I didn't because I'm writing this right now. Sometimes in life, things happen that "knock the wind out of us". Sometimes, we lose our way and find ourselves in the darkness. Maybe you are there right now. In the darkness. I recently ran across a YouTube video that told the story of a young man, a talented singer, who had experienced great success as a teen. His name is Jack Vidgen and when he was 14, he won the 2011 Australia's Got Talent competition. I had never heard of him until I ran across a YouTube video, in my FB news feed, of his Blind Audition for 2019 The Voice Australia. It turns out this was his first time stepping on a stage in 5 years. A series of painful experiences occurred that "knocked the wind out of him" and he stopped singing. In this episode, I tell his inspiring homecoming story (YouTube links posted below). His story reminded me of a time in my life when pain