Josh Daugherty
Jul 21, 2017 · 3 min read

To everyone who wished me a happy birthday yesterday, THANK YOU! I had an overwhelming amount of love on social media, texts, and in person ❤️ so again I say thank you.

⚠️Can I be 💯 percent honest?⚠️

As I look back over my now 26 years of life I am just so thankful for where I am. I live in a great city, with a great wife & job; however it was not always this way.

As I think back to my high school, college, and early adulthood I remember how lost and hurting I was. I had few friends due to my selfish nature. I was roaming around look for validation from the world that I was worthy of life. That led me to trying to be anything that the world deemed to be “acceptable”. I lived a lifestyle that was not only dangerous, but completely superficial. I didn’t know who I was or why I was here. As you can imagine that led to dangerous, dangerous thoughts.

After one bad break up I took a step back and looked at my life and thought,

Josh, is this where you want to be? Your life is a mess, you’ve pushed everyone away, at some point YOU need to make a change and stop hating the world and blaming others”.

Before I get into all of this you need to know that before anything else I am a follower of Jesus Christ. That doesn’t mean I am judging you, that I hate anyone, or any stereotype that may come along with that. I feel the same way that God feels about you — you are LOVED ❤️ Now, it is because of that love that God was able to change me. I began to get in my youversion bible app, started listening to podcasts every.single.weekend. at a Starbucks in Owasso, Oklahoma! As I did this, God really began to guide my life and transform me. I went from such a dark place, to now being in a position to help share the same Love I experienced.

See God is in the business of taking what the enemy meant for evil, and using it for good. Quite honestly I could write the book on how NOT to live. 🤣 I don’t know where you stand on God, and I am not gonna bible bash you, all I would say is that I felt hopeless & dead inside. Once I let God in, life began. ❤️

That is why birthdays are so special to me. Each one I have is another year to be thankful of what I have been brought from!! Have a great day! 😁


Thank you SO much for taking time to read this. Your support means the world 🌎 to me. If you found this to be helpful, hit that heart ❤️ so that it might help others as well!

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Josh Daugherty

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