We Must Stop Apologizing for Our Light!
If you’ve worked hard to get where you are and are striving to be the best, you better tell people that!
If you’ve worked hard to get where you are and are striving to be the best, you better tell people that!
Have you ever heard these words? When you are ready to make your next move, people will come out of the woodwork with their opinions and suggestions on how you should best live YOUR life. I had family, friends and co-workers telling me that I couldn’t own my own business. Some cautioned me about leaving…
Nice plays nice with nice and fails to make progress. Nice never birthed change.
It’s estimated that as many as 70 percent of people end up working at a job unrelated to their field of study. Are you one of those people who feels you have an unused degree or desire to do something completely different than what you are doing now? Hate your job? You’re not alone.
Wouldn’t it be great if every time we had an awesome idea or felt led to do something amazing, all of our family and friends lined up to support us and cheer us on? Unfortunately that isn’t real life for most of us…not even close! But hey…so what??? Some of the most dynamic people to…
If all you have is an old second-hand chair, paper plates, red plastic cups and warm leftovers, so be it! Purpose doesn’t mind. It won’t turn up its nose at your offerings and demand fine china and a five course meal.
The hardest thing you have been through to this point is the thing you felt would break you until you bent and stretched and made it through.
The truth is, if you’re waiting to have it all together to contribute to society, you may never do it. We all think that once we have the right kind of job, making the right amount of money, driving the best car and living in our dream home that we will give back in some way.
I used to think, how does one lose herself? Is she not attached? Where did she go? Now, I get it. I see it. I feel it.
If I believed everything that I read, I would believe that everyone has a deep hatred for people different than themselves. If I believed that every snide comment and hateful word vocalized the secret feelings of the strangers I come into contact with on a daily basis, I would be ruled by fear.