In the beginning of the year, I decided I was going to expand my sphere of influence by empowering a few good women. For me, this was part of my purposeful journey for the year. Part of this mission involved daily messages and sharing of learning resources to propel us all to the next level. It required commitment and consistency. The foundational principle of which was gratitude being your daily attitude to delivering your visualized dreams on a regular basis.
On one of the days, I received some shocking news. Easily I could have crumbled but I had to carry on answering messages, delivering speeches, holding myself up and forging on. My reaction brought back the memory of a young girl who got an ambassadorial role for a renowned charity, as a result of winning a pageant. A huge responsibility as you would know.
On one such occasion, she had to deliver a speech to a group of younger girls in a leadership empowerment forum. She arrived unusually late, almost towards the end of the event. She delivered an awesome motivating speech to the girls and when leaving called me aside to apologize for her lateness. Her excuse; her family lost their home five days ago and she had been living between friend’s sofa’s from her suitcase and in different shelters, not knowing where she will be sleeping from night to night, as they struggled to find an alternative place in a city suffering from housing crisis. She had to go to work and an audition on the same day before eventually showing up at the event.
Her message delivered to the girls took on a new meaning for me as she told them “if you are asked to do something and it resonates with you, just say yes” even if you don’t know how to do it, you will learn later. But saying yes, opens doors for you that you never would have imagined.
What she scaled and I scaled to show up to our audience is called stumbling blocks. What is standing in your way from achieving your goal today. Identify your stumbling block and scale it like an accomplished athlete. Stumbling blocks can be external or internal. It can show up in the form of family, friend, work, finances, procrastination, rejection or anything meaningful or meaning less.
Whatever it may be, it will not last and it will pass. Handle it like the professional that you are and move on to your next level. Remember in all of this that you are in the driver’s seat of your life and you firmly hold the key.
The year is just in and days will roll over each other, then it’s December again. Don’t forget to celebrate your small wins as you daily go about achieving your dreams and visions. The small wins leads to the big victory.
