Happy New Year to all of my viewers!!! New Year's is one of my favorite holidays because it gives me the chance to" push" a "reset button" so to speak. Life is so busy, and a lot of times it seems hard to slow down, so I'm all about taking some time out to look over the year past to see where I've been, and to look forward to see where I'm going. I'm sure a lot of us do that, but how many of you are more serious this year? Perhaps a life changing event happened to you in 2015 that made you say, "whew, that was tough?" Perhaps you started a new business, maybe you graduated, maybe you got a promotion, maybe you reached a goal that you never thought you would reach, or maybe nothing panned out for what you were trying to accomplish. Nonetheless; you are still here! You came out on top, you came out stronger, wiser, more fierce, and more confident!
As for me, I found out in 2014 that I was going to have a wonderful surprise in 2015. I was scared to death to add any more to my already filled plate, drained energy, and squeezed bank account. My husband was an over-the-road driver, and I was a full-time mom of three, girl boy boy, ages 6,6, and 5. I was busy and needed a vacation, a calgon take me away type of vacation, ya know? I just needed some me time, however, it was inevitable that this baby was coming, so what did I do? With welling tears in my eyes, knots in my stomach, and banging bass drums in my heart; I said yes. There was more required of me, and all I could do was say yes. I ain't gonna lie, I was sad, nearly depressed, for two weeks, but I had to turn that sadness around. I had to think about good things because the longer I focused on not meaning for this to happen the more I entertained depression, and I ain't about that life.
In June of 2015, we welcomed a beautifully spirited little girl into our lives, and Anani is one of the best blessings on my "shelves" of blessings. I'm so glad I said yes. Saying no was not an option for me. The yes was for obedience to the path that I am on. I feel that if I go against the grain of that path, then things will be harder; my heart and mind will not be at peace, and I would be missing out on a lot of great things that are meant for my greatness. So I encourage you to say yes to the things that make you great. It is my destiny to be a full-time mom. I fought it for a while because after changing the umpteenth diaper, and washing the 3,755th load of laundry 9 years and counting... a sister was mentally tired. I began to question my purpose. "Is this all there is to me?" "What else am I supposed to do?" I cried out. It took me almost 3 years to find out and to know how, but now I know, and there ain't nothing or no one who can stop me!
Do some soul searching, and find what your purpose is. Find what you innately love and build your dream upon that. I promise you, you'd have to make yourself eat and sleep. You would just be too driven to stop. Well how do I get started? That's question that I always asked myself. Start by setting goals for the year, both short and long-term goals. Please say yes to goals and no to resolutions.
Resolutions are so hard to keep these days, and I think its because we want something, but we're not driven to make it happen. The burn is too much in the beginning to make that resolution a reality so what do we do? We quit, we talk ourselves out of it, we make up "justifiable" excuses, and we wait for the next year to try again. Well guess what? I don't have an entire year to wait and see if I can make it happen the next year! I gotta do it now! It's now or never. One of my mentors said how you do anything is how you do everything. So I'm saying to you, forget resolutions. Set goals, and don't just say it, write it down, date it, and watch your life begin to change and make room for you to meet that goal. My first goal this year was to create a blog. Wala! Done! It doesn't matter that this month of January is almost over, what matters is that it is done. My next goal is to meet Lisa Nichols, a motivational speaker, in Atlanta, GA. The date is set, and things are in order. Boom!
Until next time, BGR8T BU BFREE
