Motivating Matters

    Starting a blog has been on my mind for a while now, and I decided to finally stop thinking about it and take action. By no means did I start this blog because I consider myself a great writer.  In fact, it is much the opposite. Expressing myself has always been something I have struggled with, and I believe this blog will give me an outlet to do so, while also potentially impacting others in a positive way.  The idea behind starting this was to show people that motivating one another matters.

    My twenty-fourth birthday just passed a week or so ago, and I came to a few realizations while reflecting on everything that’s happened in this game called life. The first thing I realized was that life goes by fast. It feels like just yesterday that I was a kid living with my parents and the only things I was focused on was having fun and playing sports. I was so innocent and dreamed of being a professional football player. Fast forward to now and things definitely didn’t pan out the way I had dreamed they would and that is another thing I realized. 

    Things rarely go as planned… especially if you never had a plan. That was the case for me most of my life. I was a good student, or should I say mimicker, because although I had outstanding grades, what I lacked was my individual identity. I took everything for what it was and never questioned the overarching themes. Even in my first few years of college I struggled with this. It wasn’t until I decided to move 1700 miles away from my small and quiet hometown to lively and fast-paced South Florida (that’s for a different story) that I began the journey to find myself. I started the search for the meaning of life and still didn’t seem to be finding what I was looking for. It was because all along I wasn’t looking in the right place. This realization has been my most powerful, and is still something that I am working on accepting.

    Other people throughout my life have told me this, and it never resonated in a way that had a lasting effect on me. What I realized just recently was that the only way for me to overcome my fears and struggles is to look myself in the eyes and face them. No person and no materiel thing can solve these issues for me. It is up to me to do it and that can seem really discouraging when you look at the world in perspective. The thing that helps give these challenges purpose is knowing that I’m not alone. Not only do I have my family and friends support, but more importantly I have God walking with me every step of the way.        

Feel free to comment below and share some of your realizations.