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 energy. Your "voice." Your mission. Your skills. 

They are all needed. 

And when you finally arrive to that moment, just as I have today in this very moment, where you take the thoughts in your head and apply them in your life, you will start to see little by little, day by day, that who you are / what you have to offer / the things you seek to accomplish, are vital to everyone around you.

Your loved ones. Your peers. Your colleagues. Your fellow community members. And abroad. 

So believe this, you will never know how much you inspire/uplift/elevate/energize others, until you start to actually do whatever it is you feel compelled to be doing. 

Start today, no matter how small an effort. It matters. 

Keep SERVING to Keep SOARING. 

- J OZ