Watch It Happen

All my life, work has been so fulfilling. Even if I didn't truly love what I did, I loved the work I did. At the end of the day, I knew I could put my stamp/my name on my performance and my day, because I tried my absolute best, and that's all I can do - all anyone can do, really. Now, I'm not saying everyday is a 100% day, but what I am saying is that I keep it 100%, no matter what. To know I contributed, even improved the situation for those around me - as a contributor, a leader, a mentor, a colleague - and any processes that help everyone achieve a common goal, is what helps make me who I am and the leader I've become today. For years I've listened to those around me tell how much energy I have, how it's never faded since childhood, how my energy seems as if it could go on forever, and yes, how sometimes it can be exhausting. I've been told to be careful, to conserve that energy, and to slow down, because eventually I was going to burn out....and then what? Then what? That's a great question. Honestly, I don't know, because I don't know how to stop; how to NOT keep going. I don't know how to not keep pressing when someone tells me no, tries to deflect, or shut down. I have an insatiable need to know why or why not, simply due to the fact that NOT, is not only NOT in my nature, sometimes it doesn't even compute with with my overall methodology of thinking. Mainly because I'm walking example of it myself. I firmly believe it's not about what we can't do, it's always about what we CAN do. If we're so focused on the limitations, how are we ever going to see the possibilities? If two parties are willing to work together, anything is possible and it's THAT, right THERE, that keeps me going. It's what makes me an amazing sales representative, a leader within my organization and community around me, a great advisor to my clients, and also ME...an amazing ME.

I will continue to always ask questions, because if it's within my capacity, I want to know how I can help, and any solutions I could provide, to improve the situation at hand. That may sound SOOOOO self righteous and that's okay. Trust me, I hear it myself when I say it out loud, when I see it written down, or even now as I write this today...and it's WHO I am: "Pollyanna" to a fault, wearing my rose-colored lenses, choosing to believe the absolute best in people always, with a compassion that has burnt me more times than it's helped me...or anyone for that matter...and I don't care, because I will always be true to myself. I get it that times, people, and mentalities may have changed, but that energy never will. Yet, it doesn't mean that sometimes, things DO change, processes become less exciting than the actual result and no matter what, we owe it to ourselves to know OUR truth, to fight for it with everything we have, to stand by it with all our might, and to go after it....because why lose sight of what originally led us there in the first place? Just because dreams haven't happened before, doesn't mean they're not yet to happen. Sometimes things might be unfolding right before us - things we've asked for, prayed for, even begged for - and if we're really seeking what it is we are wanting to find, we won't need to look for it at all. It will find us when it's supposed to, and we'll be ready to recognize it then when it happens. We're all capable of achieving whatever we want - no matter what. At the end of the day, if we don't believe it ourselves, how do we expect anyone or anything to believe it either? I believe it. Now sit back, and watch it happen. 🔥