Green Day - Nuclear Family - [Animated Music Video] Contest Winner

Of course I have to post something from my most favorite band in the world Green Day!

MAKE IT A DREAM OR TRUE GOAL

It's hard to find your place, your solutions to life when all you do is complain about how bad everything is. There is difference between having a moment to vent and completely living in negativity. Nobody gets anywhere and the only thing accomplished is knowing how screwed up people can get. Wooopy how fun!

I think we all want to let out steam the wrong way. We live in a human world were politicians create poor examples and people kill each other over small things. It takes a good balance of courage and humbleness to get things done the right way. There are those who stomp on people to get to the top, then there are those who drag others to the top. Which one are you?

My journey brings me to reflect upon my choices everyday. Yes everyday I make choices, the choice to create possibility for my life, or the choice to sit back and let things happen crossing my fingers that things go well. I want something. For me that something looks a lot like becoming empowered by empowering others. This is my dream. In order for me to make it happen, I have to make it happen on purpose.

For instance, I'm currently tossing thoughts in my head on several ways to accomplish my goals. I just need to take action! I want to fund a non-profit important to me in the business that I am currently in. My heart and my passion lies within this and I have this burning feeling that wont go away until it happens. There is nothing wrong with following your dream and making them happen. I personally am tired of the negative people who think they are being "realistic", when in fact, they're being pessimistic. I have to laugh sometimes!

Anyways I just can't sit here wishing. Wishing is for those who really don't want it. Doing is for those with leadership and gumption.

Again I leave with one of my favorite quotes,

"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."
-Martin Luther King Jr.

Inspiration Addict

Lately I've been addicted to inspiration. I look for it every day. I find that when I get it, it makes my day a whole lot smoother! I just have to say though; it really makes the negative people I come across a lot more human and then I start to really understand the “whys” of their actions.

It doesn't take a genius to understand that people have bad days and that they will say things that they really don’t mean, but why is that we let our emotions and reactions create boundaries between us? And then create these jaded thoughts in our heads that seem to stop us in our tracks?

 I've passed up too many great opportunities for myself because of my own jaded thoughts. Would my life be different than it is now? Perhaps, I might have had a little less struggle than I have now, but I’m just so grateful that I can see it now.   

Living in the past creates no space for a future! Have you ever question yourself and wonder why we repeat the same crap in our heads all the time, thinking that things will just change on its own? You know there is always going to be an excuse for why you don’t do the things you want to do. Think about this one for a sec………………………Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE’S ALWAYS SOME SORT OF OBSTACLE TO GETTING SOMETHING DONE. If you stayed on that mind frame of procrastination, then face it, you will ALWAYS be in the same spot as you were before.

Another one of my favorite quotes I like to add toward the end of my posts/journal writings,

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

-Eleanor Roosevelt

Single Parent with Special Needs Child

I was thinking about how challenging it can be to raise a child with special needs, but when you add being a single parent while doing it.....PHEW! I remember the days when it became so unbearable  for me that I almost felt like I was trash, like I was thrown away by society. It's hard to juggle every aspect of your lives when you are beat down and tired from just meeting the basic needs of your little one with disabilities.

Believe it or not, this can be an empowering situation to be in. When that down time hits and your heart feel heavy, it's common to forget the choices you have in front of you. All our lives are full of choices, and the most empowering thing a vulnerable individual can do, (regardless of trauma you've had)  is understand that concept and start making them.

Having been there in that same scary place, I can say that the only reason why I'm alive today is because I made choices and I didn't do it by myself! I kept the line open, reaching out for help all while trying not to be burned at the same time. Help us out there. I've struggled with depression, anxiety, various types of abuse, and trauma.

I maybe just this one person at this point in time saying this while you are reading this, but there are millions of people who do want to reach out and help. But things will not change unless you make those choices yourself. Keep reaching out!

There is a quote that was given to me through a leadership program I've recently attended. It has stuck with me this whole time I find it to be very powerful!

"An empowered woman is the embodiment of grace, dignity, and resiliency. From moment to moment, she makes conscious choices that are based upon her core values and honest self-perception. She is both formidable and approachable. So how does one begin, and how, as women, do we support one another in achieving this idea?"

-Karin Marcus
Women Empowering Women