Shhhhh……

I heard the most interesting thing and it has some great power to its message, definitely something that stuck with me:

“God has given you one face and yet you make another.  The person we are and the person we pretend to be, everyone struggles with this because we all have secrets.  The funny thing is the most dangerous secrets are the ones we keep from ourselves.”

Retreat or Confront is the question?

I like this picture, I took it after a very rough night and knew that it was time to take control. That day represented hope and strength that I never knew was there. ANYWAYS: It’s funny how you sit back and take a look at things or find things from your past that make you think a bit, like what happened to that person?

Thinking back a bit, I remember when I was 18 or so my dreams, ambition, and drive was at an all time high. Nothing or nobody could deter me from what I wanted then, I always knew I was going to get it no matter what, that was my attitude then.  I always told myself by age 25, 26 I would be very successful. I would own a marketing and financial consulting business and no longer be an employee, I would be a homeowner, I would have at a minimum $20K in cash, and $100K tied up in investments and assets.  Somewhere along the way the ambition, drive, confidence and courage to obtain those things ceased.  Now 29, still an employee, school debt out the ass and my portfolio looks rather scary, YIKES!!!!!

Maybe a few weeks ago, if I took a look at what I wanted and where I am now I probably would have retreated even further, became depressed and feeling sorry for myself because my life didn’t go as planned.  Good thing I looked at the bigger picture to understand I am still young with plenty of mistakes to make, plenty of hills to climb and plenty of uncertainties to face but most importantly I’m still growing as a person and I can turn around my circumstances and obtain those things in life that I sought before. I can be that 18 year old girl with crazy work ethic, strong drive, unwavering faith and ambition again but this time around I’ll be a lot stronger and better.

I only say that to say, every situation we are forced to either RETREAT or CONFRONT. I chose to retreat and conform every single time for over 5 years of my life. Retreated to a place to where I was too comfortable to face anything and failed to see the consequences of those decisions. That is a long time to be stuck being what and who you are not meant to be. Time to muster up that courage and start confronting my fears, insecurities and reality. Everything from the past was preparation to rebuild my mind, body and spirit even stronger. Embrace it, confront it and give it to God, the more we fight it the harder it becomes.  I’m in a better place today, reconditioning this good ole heart of mines CHEEEESSSEEEEE!!!!

DONT BE A PUPPET TO YOUR FEARS

Transformation Tuesday

Ahhhhh! Hello world sorry been neglecting my postings, I will get back on track shortly.

Just remember YOU HAVE SERIOUS POTENTIAL! It took me quite some time to realize this and its only because I feared what I really could do, how powerful I could really become, how much of an impact I could really have on someone else life choices. So damn afraid to do what I know I needed to be done but figured it would be easier not to put forth much effort. WRONG!!!

So guys I leave you with this Today is my tomorrow. Its up to me to shape it, to take control and seize every opportunity. The power is in the choices I make each day. I eat well, I live well, I shape me. Not sure who the author is but its been getting me out of my comfort zone.

Have an awesome Tuesday!