Hello, friends!
Happy Wednesday!! I hope all is well with you ??
Okay so, I have a lot of love and respect for my oldest sister. She just has a way of slapping me into greatness. In the past, she has told me to:
- Buy my DSLR camera;
- Pick a size Large dress (I was 20 pounds heavier, definitely didn’t need to be told I had to lose weight after that);
- Buy my own darn charm bracelet (funny story – click here);
- Pull Beautiful Nonsense from the blog and publish my first book
All in all, the chick has a way of being the right kind of assertive I need at the moment to get me out of my head and into action.
Last night was no different.
On the phone with her last night, I told her about a few things I was hoping/waiting for. I had a few plans at the start of 2017 and now I am waiting to see how the next few weeks pan out before I do anything. She listened and then asked the following question:
“What if nothing happens Oby?”
Maybe it’s the optimist in me but until she asked, I honestly never saw that as a possibility. ??So it is with this in mind that I ask you the same thing:
What if nothing happens? And nothing changes in your life? What if your workload never decreases? Or your finances never increase? Or you never get that higher paying job? Or you never meet that person? Or that relative remains sick?
My sister proceeded to explain that we have to maximize every moment in our lives and never put anything on hold for something that may never happen. We have to MAKE our own opportunities as opposed to WAITING for them.
Believe it or not, nothing just happens to us. We have the power to pursue whatever we want with what we have now. The question is, do you want to change enough to do what it takes to get it?
Thank you for reading!
As always, I’d love to hear if you have gone through something similar or if you have any input.
Love always,
The Wawa-New Yorker
I always believe in being determined, focused and going for what I want. I’m never afraid to fail. Of course it’s natural to have doubts but it’s healthier to keep a positive mind set. Nothing good comes easy. If it were easy, every one will be doing it. What sets you apart from the rest is going the extra mile. If you fail, you pick up your pieces and move on. There is a saying that goes this way “you may fail if you try, but be doomed if you don’t”.
So keep pushing dear. Stay positive.
“What sets you apart from the rest is going the extra mile” This is so true!! Thank you so much luv. It’s been a while. I hope all is well.
Yes i do agree Oby……….. Hubby always has his projects planned out and very optimistic about them, and me being me always ask him that same question, ‘What if’?. Most times we don’t want to think about the other side and prepare for it. That’s the reason we are heartbroken when it doesn’t go the way we planned. We surely do have the power to pursue whatever we want and with what we currently have.
Awesome read!!!!!!
I can definitely relate to the utter disappointment that occurs when things don’t work out as I hope (even though,as a PM I always have a million contigencies) lol). Non the less, it sucks looking back at time that could have been better spent pursuing all avenues.
Thank you so much for reading and leaving a comment!
You are blessed Oby. God sends us all messages through various means, not everyone hears those messages. Stay blessed xoxo
I don’t always pay attention either. One of my coworkers rolled her eyes after reading my post like “I’ve told you that a million times” lmao. Hopefully the more we grow, the more perceptive we are to information that’ll help us succeed.
Thank you so much for reading and leaving a comment love!