Who says I'm too old to write? Probably the same folks who say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. Or the ones who say you can't find love after 40. To this, I say, I am reinventing myself at 50. I have found love at 50. And, I am 50 times a writer! My mission is to write, out of my Being, words that illuminate and evoke honesty, liberty and connection.



Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Going After My Dreams

As I was driving home from work, I tuned in to Foxy 107 and I heard something that moved me.  Michael Baisden was pleading with his listeners to get their hustle on.  He told us that it was a shame to have gone all of 2012 without doing anything to change our situation.  He warned that if we don't go after our dreams, another year will pass and many of us will find ourselves right where we are now - nowhere.

What I've learned is this.  Unless or until your calling shouts from within, you have nothing of substance to spur you on.  Sure, you might join this association or become a part of that moneymaking scheme, but you won't stick with it long because it is not authentic.  Once I was awakened to the fact that what I needed was already inside of me, I've been on fire.  I have a sense of direction and a groundedness such as I have never known before.  There is such joy!  I'm having a ball!!!

Out of this authentic space, my goals for 2013 are:

  • To work for myself in 6 months or less
  • To position my business to reach my target audience, produce products that folks can buy online and to be profitable
  • To become more healthy as an individual and grow with my boyfriend into a stronger couple
  • To become a better writer and broaden my readership
  • To rebuild and sustain my financial future more in line with my current and future needs as an entrepreneur and business owner
  • To take 3 mini-excursions and 1 major trip to someplace I've never been
  • To seize every opportunity that rings true and walk through every open door God reveals
  • To "stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has set me free and to not be entangled again with the yolk of bondage"