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Every year I take a few months off from writing just to center myself and prepare myself for what is sure to be an exciting time, full of opportunity, and new beginnings. This summer was no different and I was able to learn some very important lessons, lessons that will now guide me over the next several months.
Today I want to share some of the lessons that I was able to pick up on, and I share them because they just might speak to what many others have been going through or feeling. I'm a firm believer that each day we live is a new beginning, a new start. Certainly we may do the same thing day after day, after day, but that's only because we often find ourselves in a rut. This rut is simply a mind trap. It isn't real, and it certainly isn't something you have to stay in. The marvelous thing about life is that you control the outcome. You are the master of your own ship, and you, and only you, have the ability to steer this ship wherever you desire to go. If you have decided to forego your dreams, to let go of your visions, then you have failed to understand the beauty of new beginnings. I know what it's like to take a knee to the nuts. I've been sat on. I've had my dreams shattered by others who didn't understand me, and I've been told a thousand times why what I wanted to do couldn't be done, and I was just dreaming. Well they were right on, I was dreaming, but as I've said so many times in the past, dreams are stepping stones to your destiny, and your destiny is what new starts and beginnings are all about.
This summer I learned that dreams can never die. Try as you might to bury them, ignore them, or even run from them, when you turn that corner you will come face to face with them. It is in this moment that you will have to decide: do I continue to run, or do I simply give in and accept that this is what I'm supposed to be doing? I really should have ended my vacation a month ago, but there was something there that was stopping me, and that something was fear. I was afraid that I had lost my ability to write. I wasn't quite sure why I was feeling this way, but the thought of getting back on the computer was frightening. I had let my emotions get the better of me, and for quite a while those emotions were governing many aspects of my life. Face it, we are all emotional people, but there are times when we let our emotions get the better of us, and when that happens it can only spell ruin.
New beginnings are simply reminders that there is still something that needs to be accomplished. New beginnings are also your cue to pick up where you left off, even if you felt that where you left off was the end of something. I can think back to when I stopped writing for the summer. It was right before the Memorial Day Holiday weekend, and I was writing a blog that I only had about half of it completed. It just wasn't flowing, and I knew it was time for a break. I've been writing this blog for almost five years, and even though it is something I truly love doing, I also knew that I needed to take a step back and just let time do what time does. Little did I know that what I learned this summer was going to prepare me for what lies ahead. I learned that dreams never die, that time is once again just an illusion and that I was deserving of goodness just as much as the next person. What I had forgotten to do over the last few years was take time for myself, and realize that I needed to be refreshed and I needed to be babied for a while. One can only give for so long without taking back before you become empty, and when you are empty you're really no good to anyone.
If you are looking for a fresh start, then you needn't look any further than the day that is right in front of you. True dreams and visions never die. They may grow, they may even take a rest, but I assure you that your dreams and visions are never going to leave you because they are a part of you and you are a part of them. When I look at all the things that I want to do in my life I'm always taken back to one simple thing: how do I get others to discover the destiny that resides in them, and how can I be a help to those who are in need of a little kick in the pants?
So here's to new beginnings, and here's to you stepping out and accepting that what you want, what you dream of, and what you hope for is all just waiting for you. I've learned that no matter what the rest of the world is throwing at you, I am still the only one that can do what I was sent here to do. It's pretty amazing when you think about it that you are so unique, that you are so special, that you are the only one who can do what you can do, and no one will ever do it better then you can do it.
Today is a day of new beginnings, and today is your day to embrace who you are, what you are, and why you are here in the first place. I could have taken the last three months off and completely changed the direction of my calling. I could have decided to write about current events, the state of the country, or the world for that matter. I could have put my political hat back on and begun to opine about the current election, but that wouldn't be who I am. Oh I certainly have thoughts on this election, but they are nothing compared to the thoughts I have about each of you and the importance that each of you have to the rest of the universe. So I will continue to write about destiny. I will continue to share thoughts and ideas that will help you out along the way, and I will continue to hold true my dreams and visions for the future, for the future is here right now.
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