Josh Horton joins us today on The SHAIR Podcast, and Josh's story was featured in the Oxford Eagle online newspaper titled, Meet Joshua Horton: Ole Miss Law student overcomes odds, fights to make difference. Josh is a second-year Old Miss law student who finished magna cum laude from the Ole Miss Honors College, but prior to his achievement Josh was a train wreck, wreaking havoc everywhere he went. That sound about right, Josh?
Josh Horton: Yeah, I don't know. It might be more of a plane crash than a train wreck but yeah, it was pretty bad. A little bit's happened since then. That was a few months ago. We've had a lot of progress since then. Matter of fact, I'm from Atlanta originally which I'll get into in my story. We had a large center feature on the front page of the Atlantic Journal Constitution talking about “No Matter What” and what that means in my recovery and the story of my journey that has brought me to law school.
Omar: Do you have a Favorite Quote?
Josh Horton: Why yes I do…
"The test of success is not what you do when you're on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom" ~ George Patton
Omar: I hear you brother! So what is the best suggestion you have ever received?
Josh Horton: My sponsor made a comment to me once. I told you my father was killed when I was a young man or a baby actually. For a long time I was looking for a father figure and I was looking for somebody to show up and rescue me or take care of me. I was talking to Tim about this and I said, "I've always just wanted a guy to show up and be that father figure." He goes, "Josh, when you going to stop looking for that guy and start being that guy?" That really I think was a pivotal moment in not just my recovery but my entire life. He was right. When I started to do that, my life changed. My whole ... Everything started to kind of shift and I realized I don't have to wait on anybody else anymore. I can go do that now. I can go be what I've been looking for my entire life. I don't have to wait on somebody else to show up and do it for me.
Omar: That was another beautiful God shot right there, the miracle of sponsorship. So Josh if you could give a newcomer only one suggestion, what would that be?
Josh Horton: Surrender I think. That's the answer to most of my problems today is the ability to surrender in whatever I'm doing. It's kind of like that spiritual jujitsu. If I'm willing to surrender I can overcome just about anything. My pain usually comes from my resistance to the process and the more I try and resist the more pain and discomfort I have and the more mental anguish and turmoil as well. That's the biggest piece of mind I can get today. It's just this ability to surrender.
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Contact info for Josh:
Website – Southern Recovery Advocacy
Twitter - @Legal_Rebel
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