In the Beginning

I've decided to do things a little differently around here. I started this blog as strictly motivational and found myself to feel less than excited when I wanted to write. While motivation is important, sometimes we just need to spill our life stories and share in the journey together with someone. We all have things that happen to us in our careers, lives, relationships, within our families, our journey in our faith and everything in between. I would like to share in all those moments with you. I hope that you will want to share in all those moments with me as well. Now that I've cleared that up, I've had something on my mind. ..

Toward the end of 2022 I began to look in the mirror and not even feel like I recognized myself anymore. The wrinkles are deeper. The hair is almost completely white. My hands, wow the skin on my hands. But it's more than that. I didn't recognize the person staring back at me from the inside. I stood there for several minutes and looked into my own eyes and wondered where I had gone. The drive that I always had, it's wasn't there. The want for better everyday, settled for going through the motions and taking care of everything and everyone, and somehow amongst all of that, I lost myself. There is an emptiness that comes along with feeling this way. My kindness is weakness to many, and in some ways, I have allowed it to be just that. I believe that a lot of how we feel is a mindset and who we decide to have in our lives. If we surround ourselves with people who aren't motivated, we will also become unmotivated. If we chose to complain everyday, we will only see the negative. I have to break this. This year I have decided I'm going to break these chains that are holding me down. I'm going to grow in my faith, in my health and in my mindset. In reality, I'm probably more that halfway through my life and I am done wasting time. Two things I want to do this year that I've never done, is be involved in child advocacy, and work toward helping with issues in our prison and justice system. These things are passions of mine and I never do anything about it. What are you passionate about?

I look forward to sharing this journey with you. I hope that you will consider being a part of my journey and allow yourself to share with me whatever is important to you. We are all in this together and at times we need nothing but honesty and brutally open conversations. What's on your mind? Please let me know Here's to the best year yet, 2023!