This Is How I Found My "GIFT" & How You Can Too...

This is how I found my gift (and how you can find yours too!)

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Join me as we go back to 1989.

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Two boys were rushing up to a lake.

Playing. Running. Having fun.

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In fact, the boys were playing "Back to the Future".

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They were brothers.

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The older one by 18 months was "Dr Emmett Brown" and the younger boy was "Marty McFly".

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It was winter.

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The lake was iced over.

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As they approached the lake the older boy (Dr Emmett Brown) yelled:

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"Quick Marty, across the ice we have to go back to the future!"

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The younger boy - Marty - wasn't so keen - he stopped before they got to the ice.

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The spurred the older brother on.

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(It always did, he knew his younger brother looked up to him and was always willing to prove how brave he was!)

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Doc Emmett Brown (the older boy) went skidding on to the ice... he slid all the way - like he had ice skates on. He could feel the cold wind in his face and coolness coming up from the ice underneath him, it was refreshing and exhilarating,

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He called over to Marty again:

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"C’mon Marty! GREAT SCOTT! We haven't got much time!"

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Then...

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Doc Emmett Brown stopped in his tracks.

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The ice he was skating on seemed to be pushing down, he could see the water level above it and his feet were getting wet.

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He stood still like a statue.

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There was a creaking sound...a long-drawn-out creak that you normally get from a rusty hinge.

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Then... a crack started forming.

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Doc Emmett Brown thought of "fault lines" that he had learnt about at school.

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Strange thought to come to mind right now.

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Then it happened...

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Doctor Emmett Brown dropped into the ice.

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Water rushed up to meet him.

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PANIC!

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SCREAMING!

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COLD!

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NO....

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More than COLD!

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It was like falling into STONE.

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The boy could not feel anything - his body went numb.

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He panicked.

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Flailing arms, kicking and yelling.

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He was vaguely aware of Marty shouting at him from the bank.

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"SWIM", "SWIM", "SWIM".

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Doc Emmett Brown was 9 years old.

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But... he was a strong kid.

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He started trying to do a front crawl through the ice.

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Every stroke his arm hit the ice and started to mark up his arms and cut him.

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Gulping air, surrounded by stone - he carried on.

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He felt another part of the ice that seemed sturdier and pulled himself up on to it.

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Doc Emmett Brown was now on all fours, shivering, freezing and weak.

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He looked up at Marty and smiled.

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Not a real smile, the sort of smile you do when you are embarrassed.

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He couldn't talk or shout, but Marty was shouting for him to carry on.

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He crawled on the ice. Slowly... a bit further...

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This was easier...

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Then... he went in AGAIN!

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This time it was worse - too cold, too much - the pain!

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Shouting, panicking almost completely out of energy.

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He went under...

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Doc Emmett Brown started swimming under the ice to the edge of the lake.

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As he got nearer, he used his head and the side of the pond to break through the top.

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Gasping for air, he had made it.

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He put his hand on the wooden side of the pond that was made out of logs.

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Marty was there...shaken up and waiting for him.

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Marty pulled Doc Emmett Brown out of the lake and helped him up.

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"Take me home, Dave!"

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These were the only words that Doc Emmett Brown said.

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Why "Dave"?

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Doc Emmett Brown wasn't real. That was me - Christopher Jones at 9 years old.

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Marty McFly was played by my brother - David Jones at 7 years old.

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He put his arm around my shoulder, and we walked home together.

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Two brothers.

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There could have quite easily been one left that day.

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The next day in the paper there was a headline story that 2 girls has died while playing on the ice and falling in.

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A policeman had gone into to save them but was unable too.

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I thank God every day that I am still here.

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It could of all been over on that day in 1989.

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My brother and parents would have had to live with it.

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All the fun, laughter and the tears since wouldn't have happened.

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All the great times with friends and the hard times wouldn't have happened.

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I would just be a sad story in the archives of newspaper - a kid that had died in the lake in 1989.

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Now...

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Back to my gift... and yours too...

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I look at that day and feel immensely grateful and luck I was able to get out of that ice lake.

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Sometimes... there is a part of me that feels LUCKY I went in!

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It has taught me to NEVER GIVE UP.

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Hardships, Tough times, difficult decisions - ALL have been made easier because of that ice lake.

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It could have ended; every day is a blessing.

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We went back the next day to have a look at the lake with my Mum.

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She was beside herself, as you can imagine, and it was so far out she had no idea how I managed to get out.

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I just smiled and told her it was because I was strong...but the truth is - I don't know how I did it either.

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All I KNOW is - life is a wonderful gift - everything you need is in the moment.

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You can find the way out of YOUR ice lake too!

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If you feel like you are going through a hard time at the minute - keep on going.

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Pull from the shitty experiences in your life and USE them to your advantage.

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This is where you find YOUR gift.

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I would love to hear your gift - let me know in the comments.

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What has happened to you in the past that has given you a gift to use in the future?

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Thank you for reading!

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Have an awesome Sunday!

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P.S The 9-year-old is still in me...afraid...panicking - but now things are a bit easier - as we get out of an ice lake together...nothing can stop us!