Listen to What Robert Channing and Nerissa Oden Have To Say When They Answered the Heroes Question “When Was The Lowest Point In Your Life and How Did You Change Your Life Path To One Of Victory Over the Obstacles You Were Facing at That Time?”
Robert Channing: The lowest point in my life? You know what? I?m an optimist. There were two low points in my life. One was when I became a professional entertainer, and I was very optimistic. I studied all the best people in the world, and then I performed my show and I had another gentleman that was jealous.
I was probably only about 18 years old and this gentleman was 36. I was in the same market that he was in. He would try to shut me down and put me down, because he saw how strong I was when I was performing. People were attracted to me and they loved what I did.
It was the same type of mentalism that he did. Although it was different, it was my personality and he had a different personality. He was jealous. Actually, it hurt me. My own true feelings, I didn?t want anyone to feel bad about me. I didn?t want anybody to look down and say this guy was bad, or this guy is doing something wrong. I almost felt guilty because I was doing so well for myself that people become jealous of what I?ve done.
Nerissa Oden: The lowest point in my life was probably when I felt like my mother didn?t want me and that my father didn?t want me. I came from the divorced family. I didn?t really know my dad. My mother wasn?t getting child support.
She felt like she had been betrayed by the courts. She couldn?t get child support from my dad. So she said, ?Look, it?s nothing against you or anything, but you’re thirteen now. It?s time for him to take care of you. He has to live up to some of the responsibility. I just can’t do this anymore.?
I’m her third child. I definitely understood what she was saying, even at thirteen. It still hurt, nonetheless. Then, when we go to the father?s house, the father?s like, ?We really need to get you back to the mom. No, I don?t want a single responsibility.?
That also felt like rejection. That was probably the lowest point in my life emotionally. I ended up being back with my mother because I basically turned into a runaway for a little bit. I ended up back with my mother.
My mother took us to counseling. I guess, probably on the third or fourth counseling session, I finally opened my mouth and started talking. That was the lowest point in my life. I’m not sure what would?ve happened if my mother hadn?t agreed to come rescue me or take me back.