Jun 27 2021
022 : Marcie Keithley & the Shoebox of Purpose
We all have secrets. Truths that are too painful to face.Marcie J. Keithley, Author of "The Shoebox Effect: Transforming Pain into Fortitude and Purpose," knows this all too well as she, herself, attempted to put all of her past worries into a proverbial (and literal!) shoebox. Just waiting for the time when she would have the strength to examine and process them.The reality, though, is that the only way to move forward in life is to face your past head on.Her book chronicles her journey of opening her "shoebox" and learning how to navigate loss, grief, divorce, death, adoption, and all of life's adversities, and transform them into fortitude and purpose.An accomplished professional, speaker, writer, and emotional resilience coach, Marcie is amazing guest to have on any podcast. Full of hope, even in the face of challenge.She has made it her life's mission to be open and honest with her personal story, in hoping to give others the permission release their own pain that they carry, and move forward with purpose.Here's our chat. Marcie Keithlyhttps://marciejkeithley.com/ @TheShoeBoxEffectPoem Referenced in Podcast:ChoicesBy Marcie J. KeithleyIf you were given a second chanceTo step back into timeAnd change a wrong and make it rightI wonder what you’d find.For God has chosen a special pathFor all of us you see.Would you correct the mistakes you made?Or would you let them lbe?As I look back on my own lifeThe choices that I madeWere ones that help me grow up strongNone were made in vain.Regardless whether wrong or rightEach one helped me to seeThat only when we fail to chooseOur lives can never be.You have a choice to start each dayWith happiness and joy.Or you could choose to stay in bedDepressed, removed and void.You have a choice to share your lifeWith friends and family.Or hide away within yourselfAnd miss your destiny.You have a choice to take a chanceOr let it walk on by.But you will never taste successUnless you reach and try.For failures teach us many thingsAnd are not meant to be.A way to give up on a dreamAnd hand away the key.So when you choose, choose carefullyAnd look within your heart..For only when we fail to chooseOur lives can never start.Support the show