A Life-Changing Incident
At the age of 16, my entire life changed in an instant. One tragic day, I was in a severe car accident that left me paralyzed from the chest down. The physical loss was devastating, but what shook me even more deeply was what it did to my identity and sense of self. Overnight, the future I had imagined for myself collapsed into uncertainty. I was left staring at a reality I didn’t ask for, overwhelmed with despair, confusion, and an aching sense of loss.
The accident forced me into a world of dependency and vulnerability that I wasn’t prepared for. Suddenly, even the simplest tasks felt impossible. While my family and friends offered support, the truth was that the isolation ran deep. No one could truly understand what it felt like to wake up every day in a body that no longer worked the way it once did. Inside, I wrestled with painful questions: Why me? What meaning could my life possibly have now?
And yet, through the despair, something unexpected began to stir. Slowly, I learned to adapt. I reached out for help—through therapy, community, and connecting with others who faced similar struggles. This was the beginning of a much deeper journey, one that forced me to confront not just my physical limitations, but my understanding of life itself. In searching for answers, I found myself asking bigger spiritual questions—questions that eventually reshaped my entire view of God and existence.
The Role of Spirituality
Spirituality has always been woven into my life. I grew up in a Pentecostal church, where faith, prayer, and community shaped my earliest understanding of God. As a kid, I absorbed the rhythms of church life—scripture, youth group, heartfelt worship—and those experiences gave me a foundation of connection and belonging.
But after the accident, my faith was tested in ways I couldn’t have imagined. In my darkest nights of grief, I prayed with everything in me, desperate for comfort and guidance. For a time, I leaned heavily on the belief system I had been raised in, because it gave me something solid to hold on to when everything else felt uncertain.
Over the years, however, I began to notice cracks in the framework of the beliefs I had inherited. The image of God I had grown up with no longer fit the spiritual experiences I was having. What once gave me comfort started to feel limiting. And that’s when my search began to widen.
Reevaluating Beliefs
Letting go of traditional Christianity was not easy. For a long time, I clung to the idea that the Bible held every answer, even when some of those answers no longer made sense to me. But life had a way of pulling me beyond rigid doctrines. My accident, my struggles, and my yearning for something deeper all pushed me to reconsider.
As I explored other spiritual perspectives, I began to see God less as a distant figure to please, and more as the infinite source of love and life itself—something that wasn’t “out there,” but within me and around me at all times. I discovered concepts like interconnectedness and universal consciousness, which resonated with what I had already felt deep inside but never had words for.
In 2015, I reached a breaking point. I realized I could no longer live confined to a faith that painted God as conditional, exclusive, or limited. It wasn’t that I abandoned spirituality—it was that my spirituality evolved. I let go of the narrow path I had been handed and opened myself to the possibility that truth could be bigger, more inclusive, and more beautiful than I had ever imagined.
The Birth of the Simple Revelation
What emerged from this journey is what I now call The Simple Revelation. It’s the understanding that every single one of us is already connected to the divine—that love is the foundation of who we are, and that no mediator, ritual, or doctrine is required to access it.
The Simple Revelation is the reminder that we are not broken or unworthy, but already whole. It calls us back to love, hope, and joy—the threads that connect us to one another and to the Source of all things. It’s not about complicated theology or rigid rules; it’s about rediscovering what was always there.
For me, this realization didn’t come through a single moment of clarity—it came through years of struggle, reflection, and healing. And yet, when it finally landed in my heart, it felt simple and obvious: God is love. God is here. God is within all of us.
That truth has reshaped my life. It has given me strength when I’ve felt weak, belonging when I’ve felt isolated, and purpose when I’ve questioned everything. And now, through this blog and my book The Simple Revelation, I want to share that truth with others.
Because this revelation isn’t just mine—it’s something already alive in you too.