You Are Needed: A Message to You, the Reader, & to Me.
It has taken me 30 years to arrive to this moment. Penning my first ever formal blog post. My inner voice has been whispering to me, and at times, screaming at me, "you are not good enough", "who's going to read anything that you post?", "why would someone look to you as a source of insight/inspiration?" I've listened to countless talks by Les Brown , one of the fathers of inspirational/motivational speaking. Les' words ringing in my head daily (paraphrased), "I didn't do what I'm doing for years, because of my programming. It took me 14 years! 14 years to start living my dream. I thought to myself, why would anyone want to listen to me? I lacked the formal education that other people who were speaking possessed. And so I talked myself out of pursuing my passion until finally one day, I took the leap." And so, this inaugural blog post is dedicated to YOU, the reader. Know that you are needed in this world. Your spirit. Your