I believe that the power to claim what is rightfully yours is one of the simplest but yet most amazing gifts of life.

I recently got sick. I had some kind of viral infection which caused severe dehydration, constant fever and headache, and more. I was hospitalized twice, but thanks to a lot of prayers and the support of my family and friends, I was able to recover. While I was sick, I started asking myself all types of questions, but the most important one was “why?”. Why is this happening to me? Why now? Why am I losing all my strength? Why is this infection knocking me down and depriving me of my abilities to fight back? Why am I thinking that I will no longer be able to perform well at work? Why am I having thoughts that could lead to suicidal ones? I felt like a complete failure.

Then one night my mom sat down on my bed as I was laying down and crying, and she said that she remembered when I was a kid, I used to motivate myself and repeated these words out loud over and over again:

Let’s go Olivier…Let’s go…You can do this…Let’s go!

She also thought that I had an opportunity to learn the lesson that God was trying to teach me through that experience. So I began to realize that I was lost in my negative thoughts. Sometimes when you allow your present circumstances to put you down, you only need to hear the right words from someone who cares tremendously about you to get back up and start flying. You know what I’m talking about, right? I needed a reminder of who I truly was: son of God, the Creator, the Almighty, the One who sent me to this world to be Victorious!

The moment that I started claiming victory over my sickness is the moment that I started healing. God gave us the power to claim victory over our sickness, our fears, our enemies, and our greatest challenges in life. He gave you the power to claim what is rightfully yours. You were born to win. Therefore, victory is always yours. Claim it!

Pipo, Thanks a lot man! Mom, Thank you!

OC