The other day I saw a program with Wayne Dyer. He was talking to a live audience on the theme of Inspiration and about some of the people who inspire him, one of them being Immaculee Ilibigiza. Hers is a chilling, yet inspirational story.
Immaculee Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family she cherished. But in 1994 her world was ripped apart as Rwanda descended into a bloody genocide. Immaculee’s family was brutally murdered during a killing spree that lasted three months and claimed the lives of nearly a million Rwandans. Incredibly, Immaculee survived the slaughter. For 91 days, she and seven other women huddled silently together in the local pastor’s cramped bathroom, measuring three feet by four feet, while hundreds of machete-wielding killers hunted for them. This incredible and often-time shocking story of this remarkable young woman’s journey through the darkness of genocide is truly inspirational.
Wayne Dyer brought Immaculee up on stage and she spoke for a few minutes about her ordeal, and how she learned that it’s important to forgive in spite of horrific actions like those in the Rwandan Holocaust.
Take some time to think about how you could live your life to be an inspiration to others.
It’s always about taking small steps, but taking them every day.
