As we embrace a new year, where do you see yourself a year from now? Five years from now? Where do you want to be and how would you like to be living and loving? If no clear image comes to mind, don’t panic yet. Get busy finding the answers. It’s your life!
It’s been said so many ways: “Without vision, the people perish.” “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” If you don’t know where you’re going, any road can and will take you there.
Naturally sometimes things have a tendency to fall apart. But if we can embrace a positive vision and pair it with our own creative effort, organization and commitment, we can avoid slipping into chaos.
Whatever you want out of life you must first envision. See it clearly. Name it. Claim it, then make detailed plans to bring it to fruition. Dreams precede reality. There is no human invention that was not first a vision, an image in the mind, a thought, a concept, a word. I am a living witness to this as I made “Sistahology” a reality.
What we focus on increases in our lives. Our thoughts and words have creative power, giving form to formless energy all around us. When we think or speak negatively about ourselves, our body, our talents and intellect, we create the conditions to bring it to fruition.
Remember living ain’t easy! Each day we must make a conscious effort not to see ourselves in a mirror distorted by racism, sexism, ageism, or our
painful life experiences. Those forces will only have us deny ourselves and our power. See the full beauty of who you are: We are more than simply survivors. We are thrivers, powerful and capable women born for this precious hour, minute, second. Cheers!