What I have lived through has become purposeful. My birth injury and the life I have subsequently lived wasn’t an accident.

All the hardships I endured were mapped out for me long before I was born. If anyone of those experiences hadn’t have happened, I wouldn’t be writing now.

The universe

The universe had earmarked this life for me. I was destined for the life I've made for myself. I was a small cog in the bigger scheme, for what would become the bigger picture. It was the sequence of events I was made to live that changed my life and for the first time, I am seeing it as positive.

It does explain how spirit works

It will never take away how I got to this place, or what happened, but it does explain just how spirit work and why it always knew I was destined for this life. My life would always be predetermined in this way, and the family I was born into a prerequisite of that. It is now 10 years into my writing, into my blog and for the first time I am able to see and think differently.

Ilana Estelle is a mental health and wellbeing advocate who combines educational insight with her personal experience of living with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. She holds diplomas in Counselling, Diet and Nutrition, Nutritional Therapy, Psychotherapy and Counselling, and Stress Management. Through her writing, Ilana supports others in navigating their emotional, mental, and physical health challenges. In addition to writing for The CP Diary, her work has appeared in healthy lifestyle magazines. Ilana is also the author of three books: Cerebral Palsy: A Story – Finding the Calm After the Storm, Spirituality, Healing and Me, and Survival: The Covid Years – Time for Change.

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2 comments on “My life is no accident”

  1. Knowing that your life and all your experiences were predetermined is both sobering and comforting.

    All your struggles in life, your challenges, all the things that you've had to deal with, were the stepping-stones to prepare you for what was to come with your website. Being chosen for that path is quite something.

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    1. I think you're right, thank you. It's hard for me to believe and I could never have imagined this would be my life.

      Through a difficult life, good has prevailed and I couldn't be happier.

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