The reason for this article is to serve as an urgent reminder to be even more purposeful about your life. We often get caught up in accomplishing daily tasks, checking of items on a list, obligations to a job and/or family. Days pass and we sometimes forget that we are our greatest asset. We sometimes forget that the “daily grind” is not meant to stop us from our goals and objectives.
I want to invite you to become curious again about possibilities. Remember that you may have had dreams to aspire toward. Ensure that you never forget the purpose of your life, of the time you have been granted. Aspire to be the best of you, to transcend your circumstances and to find peace and fulfillment.
We get caught up in what we have been taught to do, what has been asked of us, what loyalty to family, friends, or our culture has demanded. Remember that we are future ancestors of all those who come after us. What will our lives teach them? What example are we setting? What, in how we are living our lives, is inspiring them to dream and climb as high as they can?
Society has all sorts of ridiculous restrictions on us. Women are told that they need to be a certain way to be good enough. RIDICULOUS. We are taught that a man has to behave a certain way to be considered “man enough”. RIDICULOUS. We are taught that certain ethnicities can only strive so far and no further, that certain body types can only do so much, that certain people have limited value…RIDICULOUS!!!
You get to choose what your life will tell our future generations. I humbly encourage you to dream again, to strive again, to break free of shackles of society’s limitations and aspire to be the best of you. All you care about, all you love, and all you value depends on it and will be positively affected by your sense of empowerment.
Let today be the day that you remind your heart and your spirit that you want and deserve better. You are a bright light and it is time to SHINE. Step forward…
