Have you ever been in a position where everything appeared to be going great, we seem to have life under control or being in a place of comfort and suddenly there is a ripple effect of life happening? In my previous blog titled Reset I spoke about having to decide between what was beneficial to my business or my wellbeing.  I made a conscious decision to do what was best for me mentally. By making that choice I learned and experienced somethings that I already knew only this time my heart was present. I remember a time back in 2017, I had been working part time for three months and in that same week approaching the weekend of my training was in D.C. A few days before I was laid off at first, I was surprised but I remained calm the spirit of worry or fear never surfaced instead I was forced to take a moment to accept and analyze what was taking place, at this point I have two options to sink or swim. Friday was my last day and Saturday morning I made my way out to training this was not my first, but this was my best. I say my best because it does not matter how many times you have heard a message it doesn’t always register or connect until you are in a place to receive what was for you.  One of the speakers said, “clock in to your passion the same way you do your jobs” This was a statement I heard many times before but, the moment he said that I was forced to ask myself “have you been showing up for you like you should”? Right then It clicked to me that I didn’t lose my job I gained my freedom and it was now up to me to make lemonade with the lemons I had just been given.

 It’s not always about hearing something new or different sometimes it is just a matter of hearing the same thing at the right time from the right person. I thought to myself that if I did not make the decision to go to this weekend’s training and, if I did not get laid off, I would not have received the message the way I did. That is where I finally fully understood and accepted that all that has accrued this past week leading up to the weekend was happening for me. My challenge and advice for all of us is to take a second to analyze the things that are taking place in our life at this moment and reflect on how these things are happening to set us up for greatness and not failure. Let us begin to use our imaginations positively let us begin to show up for ourselves, our faith, dreams, business, well-being, and the way we do our jobs and imagine what our life would look like. I dear you to clock in for you start being consistent with your actions daily, minimize our distractions, start planning Get out our own heads and just do it. Believe that we have what it takes and the resources to get there.