Sunday Evening Thoughts

When you have children, the inevitable "when I grow up, I'm going to...(fill in the blank)" conversations start to happen. As a parent, you want your kids to follow their dreams, do what they love, and be successful at it...Be even MORE successful at everything than you.

Last year, my children asked me what I wanted to be when I was a kid. 🤔 I thought about it for a moment. I knew I was going to be a wife and mother... But as to what I wanted to do in life? When I was five, I wanted to be a rancher. In kindergarten, I even draw a picture of it for one of our project books and I told the teacher's aide that I would have lots of cows, chickens, and horses. She asked me, "Who is going to clean the barn with all those animals?" I looked at her like she was daft and said, "My husband." 🤣

But it wasn't until I was in 6th grade that I knew I definitely wanted to be a writer. An author. A best-selling author and writer. 

My kids asked me if I had become one yet since I was encouraging them to follow their dreams and telling them how possible and attainable their dreams were. They knew I wrote all the time, typed all the time, and read all the time. I offered an excuse as not having the time to pursue it. Then I saw this graphic below somewhere, and it got me thinking. 🤔

And so, that September day last year came about, when I began my first steps to becoming a published author. 

Sometimes it feels like the world expects us to fit into a mold -- Believe a certain way, look a certain way, tow a certain line, and to not cause waves or step out of that perfect little program "they" have for you. It's as if "they" want us to think our dreams are silly and our natural talent, the very thing our soul is crying for, is out of reach and unattainable. "They" will laugh at you. "They" will point and laugh at you and mock you for not fitting into that mold. And "they" want you to fear that.

Eh. So what? (BTW, I don't know who "they" are. We always assume it's other people, other forces, holding us back, but that's an illusion 99% of the time...)

Do what you love regardless of the obstacles you think are there. If you have a natural inclination toward something, and love doing it, then do it. Take that step. Go forth with passion. Own it. Actions matter. Life is too short to live in "what if" and fears of failure. It's also to short to run around trying to live someone else's expectations of you.

And your kids may not appear to listen very well to you. You may think they only hear a very small percentage of what you tell them, but they are definitely always watching you. Give them someone positive to model -- You being authentically you, the person you were made to be. That will always be enough because you (being authentically you) are a very powerful person indeed. 

Anyhoo, just a random thought for a Sunday evening, staying up way too late rereading book 3, "The Ghost of Oscar." It really got my mind going.

 Have a great week everyone! 💕