On your mark, get set, GO!

Who hasn't played a game when they were younger when this is how you started every race? Yesterday, I was told that my advice is good but that it takes action to make things different. I agreed with that statement. If we are satisified enough (about anything - government, our job pay, our marriage), then we will continue to look around any imperfections because it does not mean enough to change anything. That is the status quo. No ruffling feather, no tipped apple carts, etc. However, when you get to that point (and that point is different for everyone), where you are no longer able to ignore the things that make us unhappy (a marriage, bad working conditions, etc), then that is where you make changes. Sometimes those changes are difficult ones where people might get hurt. Maybe there is a lot of uncertainty and the fear of the unknown. We all have that. But if you are at that point, when you know you cannot go back or stay still, then moving forward is your ONLY choice, even with the unknown in front of you. We don't have all of the answers, and do not think I do. I don't. But if with every decision we made, thinking with everything we have in our gut - right at that moment - that it was the right one. So we make it. Maybe we have regrets about it later, but maybe we forgive ourselves about it because we have to in order to move on. Don't get land-locked and feeling like there is no way out. There is a way out, but it may mean it will not be easy. Nothing is ever just given to you...you have to earn it and that is why achieving any goal is so much sweeter when it was something you can look back and say, "I deserve that." So, people of planet Earth - I implore you to do something different today...expand your horizons...reach for something you think is just out of reach...ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO!!!

200

This is my 200th post. I think I needed to regroup and gather the thoughts I have before I could back on here. Like I said in my previous post, I was feeling deflated -- questioning how I could make it make sense when parts of this I don't really understand. However, I am just as committed as I was before. I have to keep trying, until I have nothing more to give. And even then, when I feel like I cannot do anything else, I will do something. There may not be a real message to this post, other than some ramblings coming out of my head, as they come out, but I needed to get back on the horse again and get to where I feel stronger and empowered. This is one of those places where I feel that, even though I may never meet or talk to any of you. I reach out and maybe something I say connects with you. Something you read reminds you of someone you hold special in your heart. I came across this quote recently and wanted to share it with you - "You can't learn from remembering. You can't learn from guessing. You can learn only from moving forward at the rate you are moved, as brightness, into brightness." - Sarah Mancuso What have you learned from this blog? From the numerous times you have asked yourself the same questions? What your answers tell you about where your heart truly wants to go? What have you learned about what you are willing to do to take the chances to change your life FOREVER? What have you learned about yourself? Because I am willing to be "all in", I have tell you my answers to these same questions. I have learned to live with my heart, not my head. I have learned what it feels like to see those I love and care about when they find their dream and commit to it. I have learned that I can do more than I thought I ever could. I have learned that allowing others to see me for me is worth the risk of being rejected. I have learned to not prejudge others because of being hurt before. I have learned that I look forward to putting my next post on here. I have learned that I want to help teenagers find the hope they have in their futures. I have learned that I want women to find the passion that fuels their dreams. I never thought this would take off like it has and believe it will continue to "move forward at the rate I am moved." Right now, I feel like I could do about 200 m.p.h.!!