Why not you?

Think about the life that you desire. How does it feel to be in that life? What does it look like? 

Now, ask yourself, why can't I? Why can't I have that life? Who said that you couldn't? Was it your environment? Was it you? 

When I was younger, I dreamed so many things from what I saw on the TV screen. I wondered what it would take to get to those positions. I would literally go down a rabbit hole, googling ways to audition for movies, If I could audition for the same directors, like really thinking I could be like those people I had seen on TV. Eventually, I would talk myself out of it and stay on the side of just being "entertained". Even though I had the entertainment, there was a deep-rooted pain of really wishing I was behind that screen, in that movie, in that country, amongst those great icons, learning and soaring. 

Why did it become a pain, you ask? Sometimes, I just simply desired to be more, naively thinking that it appeared for those, and it couldn't happen for me. I would give every excuse in my mind too. Im from the country, and my family is not gonna support that, I have no money to get there, etc. All things that had absolutely nothing to do with the DREAM. Have you guys ever seen Cinderella, the one with Brandy, though? lol.  

So, in the movie, there was a part where she would sing a song called, " In my own little corner". I resonated with that movie as a young black girl, and as one who has many dreams, but at one time, didn't believe that they could really far. That movie inspired me in a way of letting me know to stay true to myself and know that if it could happen for others, it could happen for me too. Even in the times when you are pursuing something that you are passionate about, allow yourself to stay in the joy. Stay in the present moment of the gift you are learning about too. 

My mother is such a supportive light in supporting my dreams. She was the first one to push me to sing, to pursue it professionally, and any endeavors I desired to do in my life. Being gifted sometimes felt like a stranger I couldn't understand. I knew there were things I had a passion for, but no full confidence in how to maintain this gift. That's the thing about being gifted: It's not something you need to control. It's about finding the freedom in it. That's how those great people that I admired on the other side of the screen got there, they took a leap of faith. 

So, I ask you, If they can do it, why not you? If they can start the business, sing the song, rise above the tough experiences, and do something that resonates with a passion of yours too, why not you? No matter where you are from, no matter the background, it's all a part of YOUR STORY. And it's a powerful story
because you are a powerful being. 

Know that with everything in you... YOU CAN BE ANYTHING.

 So, who will you choose to be on this day? 

Take the pen and rewrite it...