Have you ever reflected on how you were as a child? As kids we were fearless about life, of course some of us may have been afraid of being alone,  being in the dark, maybe even scary movies scared us but not life or any of the simple things that we grow to become afraid of. It dawned on me as I sat in church on Sunday and I watched the children choir on stage perform before the whole adult church as fearless as can be not the least bit concerned with if we would love their performance or hate it. I watched them being unafraid to open their mouth and sing for a church filled with people. what I witnessed was how comfortable they were effortlessly they remained themselves. By them just being who they are added such a special light to their performance I did not just enjoy the performance just because they were kids I enjoyed their fearlessness and freedom to just be.

In that moment it brought me back to me as a child, growing up I was an all-around kid to say the least. Track and Field was my first love which I was the captain of my track team, then came music I was a part of dance class and singing, then came writing I was always excited when told to use my imagination to create a story and was never afraid to share.  I can still clearly remember this one particular event back when I lived in Jamaica where my mother, my aunt and I were walking one Sunday evening.  there was this big plaza around the corner that night they were having a karaoke singing contest I had to be at least 5 or 6 and, I remember walking up to the man with the microphone and asking him "can I go next and sing”. I remember him saying can you sing what do you want are you going to sing?  as he smiled, never the less he gave me the opportunity to sing before the crowd. whether or not they were going love it because I was a kid or they would genuinely enjoy it or hate didn’t stop me from going up there and doing what I really loved to do, what they thought about me did not matter.

which brings me to this point what if for every moment in our adult life we took on being just like the kid we all use to be. Just being fearless, being confident, and not letting others opinion limit us from being or doing what we love. Not being afraid to dance when there is no physical music playing but the joy in your heart, not being afraid to smile even when our life is upside down for that moment. not being afraid to ask and expect to get it and no matter how many times we hear no to keep asking until that no is a yes. I took a moment to visualize what my life would look like if I acted with courage and confidence just like that 5-year-old girl inside the vision was beautiful. We were all once so full of life and care free as kids not because we didn't have responsibilities but in our innocents, we never knew what it meant to take things personal. It is as adults we grow into our own emotions and become fearful, worry some and  caring too much what others have to say. Starting today I challenge us  all to be free, be unapologetically happy, unapologetically you, like nothing else matters.