Follow Your Dreams

      I had the opportunity to fulfill yet another Bucket list item.  I was able to go to my daughter’s middle school and speak the AVID students.  Although this may not sound like a big deal but to me it was.  For weeks I tried to figure out what to say?  What would give me the biggest bang for my buck?  I wanted to first and foremost say something profound.  I wanted to reach each and every student to give them all something to remember.  Second and most importantly I didn’t want to embarrass my daughter (who wasn’t in the program anyway but had friends in the 2 classes that I spoke too).  I finally decided to go with my gut and speak about following your dreams.  Anyone who knows me knows I am excellent at given advice but taking my own advice needs work.  I wanted to share the tips that I gave to the class in hopes it could help “US” all.  I actually did some research and came up with:
Create your own vision for your life.  I lead with the quote that if you do not come up with a vision for your life, someone else will have no problem including you in theirs.  Whether this be your parents, friends, or peers.
Be Uniquely you.   We talents and skills that no one else has.  At your age your job is to get good grades and figure out what your niche is.  I threw out some artist they may know Nikki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Pink, etc.  These are all talented individuals they are all performers but what sets each one of them apart from the others.  They each follow their own paths.
Challenge yourself.  Don’t settle for the mediocre go for the gold.  “If your dreams don’t scare you then they aren’t big enough.”  Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Put your vision to paper.  Whether it is journaling, using a Vision Board, or Pictorial Notebook.   Create your own personal road map or guide book.  I find that when you can picture yourself where you want to be and you put that out to the universe, the universe will shape itself to accommodate your path.