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Dr. Ben Carson has never been shy about his faith, but the current Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and former candidate for president wasn’t always on the godly path he is today.
The man that many recognize now as a patient, kind, and compassionate leader was not always so calm.
In fact, as a teen, Carson had what he describes as a “violent temper.”
“I would go after people with sticks and baseball bats and hammers and rocks, and when I was 14 … I got so angry I tried to stab another youngster,” he shared in an interview with Pure Talk.
While Carson suffered from extreme poverty and deep-rooted anger problems as a child, he overcame all of it and became one of the most renown neurosurgeons in the world.
But the path was certainly not easy and required a HUGE wake-up call for the once violent teen.
The day he tried to stab another kid served as precisely the wake-up call he needed. Thankfully, a belt buckle stopped the knife from penetrating the victim.
“The knife struck with such force it broke and he fled,” explained Carson. “But I was actually more terrified than he was because I realized I was trying to kill somebody.”
After the traumatic incident, he ran home and hid in the bathroom as he tried to process what had just happened.