WHO is stopping you?

The only one stopping you from achieving all that you can be is you. All of us have experienced that little voice inside our heads telling us, hey are you crazy you cant do that; you ll make a fool of your self etc etc etc. We may attribute all of this negativity to people around us and project our feelings of in adequacy upon them. We can blame circumstances but if we truly desire something we will go after it.

Just the other day a few friends and I were having a discussion about how a lot of times women tend to give up on their careers after they have children. I was furious at him at the time, because I thought he was saying that our roles as wive's and mother's is not important. Thinking about the conversation afterwards, I realized that all he was saying was our roles as mothers and wives are important but we should not let those roles and responsibilities derail us from our personal goals. Over time what happens is that we get so caught up in our roles and we keep telling our selves that if we don't live up to the standards set on us by society or our families, if we don't live up to our roles we are not good parents, or good people. The person who suffers the most in the end is us, me, myself and I.

I think the thing I miss the most about my teenage years was my passion for life, I was gungho about everything, I felt the world was my oyster. I was going to learn to ride a horse, I was going to learn to fly a plane. I was going to go sky dive and bungee jump. I was going to work with Doctors without Borders but over time as I met with the realities of life, had a couple of set backs failed at thing I started to get jaded. I stopped believing in my self and stopped going after my dreams.

I read a great quote the other day which was something like this, a life lived in fear of failure is a life of mediocrity. So today I am making a promise to my self that I will no longer be afraid, I will return to my age of innocence and seize the day. I believe in my self in my destiny and I will go after my dreams. I will shut that voice in my head which is telling me I cant do this or that and I will do all that I had desired at one time.

I want my daughter to grow up and look up to me and say my mom is a a real cool chick. I do not want to sit on the sideline any more but to go out and be all that I can be. I don't think my role as a parent will suffer because I want to achieve personal goals as well, in fact I think it will be good for my relationships all around because I will be happier. A happy person spreads positive energy all around. Take home message from all this ranting it this; go out of your comfort zone because that is the only way to grow as a person don't be afraid of disappointments because failure is still better than sitting on the sidelines and not doing anything at all.

CARPE DIEM......