# @niall_williams13 on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CSlOQhqhI5F
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18053777-niall-williams13-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/1ddf1c70ac.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-08-15T04:27:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** ɴɪᴀʟʟ ᴡɪʟʟɪᴀᴍꜱ ɢᴜᴛʜʀɪᴇ 🇼🇸 🇳🇿 (@niall_williams13) — https://gondola.cc/niall_williams13

## Caption

They say a picture paints a thousand words… 

Well here’s three of them - 
The same person, during the same journey, but two very different moments inside that journey, and then my why….

I’ve been through some amazing moments in my career - feeling on top of the world, always feeling that I belonged and was “needed” I felt like I knew my purpose and it was reinforced when we would win tournaments and reap the rewards, the trophies, the gold medals, the praise, the feeling of success after all the hard work we put in etc it was a high like no other.

Then for the first time in my career I experienced the other side to it, the loneliness, feeling lost - what was my purpose? Not feeling “needed” anymore.  The unknown, wondering what was all the hard work for? It was a low like no other.

But. through the highs and lows my one consistent thing that never changed  was them! 
My why - my family, my partner, my friends and most of all my daughters.
Their love, respect, proudness for me never changed, they loved me for being just me! 

The last couple months has been really hard,  turning up everyday training/gyming when I don’t even know if I’ll be able to play again. Not knowing what my future holds is scary - Is it rugby, is it finding a new job is it having more kids is it venturing into a new sport - who knows, but the more I process and move through it all the more I  am growing as a person and the more I am able to listen to my heart and see things from a perspective that isn’t dictated by  a certain “goal” it’s more about appreciating all I have achieved all I’m doing right now and all that is to come and the best part is knowing, that no matter what happens my day ones are going to be right next to me through it all… 

What a life, what a journey so far..

✍🏿 👂 🗣 🤍 💯 

#MomentsOfMyJourney
#TheOtherSide
#TheRealTruth
#NoMatterWhatHappens 
#IWillBeLoved 
#ForeverBlessedAndGrateful 
#TillTheWheelsFallOff

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therealtruth, nomatterwhathappens, theotherside, foreverblessedandgrateful, momentsofmyjourney, tillthewheelsfalloff, iwillbeloved

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