I heard Lou Holt say this at the "Get Motivated" Seminar this past week and it really struck a nerve with me. My mind immediaely went back to many of the negative things I heard growing up. Now, let me just say, I had a pretty good home life growing up. I was raised by my grandparents and in the church. We (my cousin and I) were provided with a lot of love and material things. But growing up with very strict, santified grandparents, sometimes understanding was not there. So going through life as a kid, then a teenager was hard for me. I liked boys, I wanted to go on dates, to dances, football games, etc. But I couldnt because "saved kids dont do those wordly things". When I had certain feelings or questions, I was automatically doomed to hell cause "good saved little girls weren't supposed to feel like that".
From there, I started hearing members of my family say. "Ya'll watch Sylvia, she's fast". Someone even told me when I was around 14, "Girl, you aint gonna never be nothing in life, all you think about is boys!" I heard all kinds of stuff. Well, I did go on to grow up and rebel. I wanted to be normal. I couldnt talk to anyone who would take time to understand. All everyone around me understood was church. That was it. Peroid. Case closed. Thats all they wanted to uunderstand.So I was looked at as this fast, disobedient, hard headed black sheep of a teenager. A few other things stemmed from that could have easiy negatively affected me even now but......ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!!!!!!
I am now 32 years old, happliy married and a mother to the 3 most beautiful little girls I have ever seen. With the help of God, day by day I am accomplishing goal after goal on the way to fulfilling my dreams. So far,I have been to 4 places on my bucket list of places to travel to, I've begun exposing my children to new cultures and places, my family and I moved to Atlanta to change our lives and advance in my career (one of my biggest and scariest goals ever!!) I have recieved my cosmetology license, finshed school in pursuit of recieveing my cosmetology educators license (should know if I am actually licensed tomorrow...please pray) and now I'm working on finishing my Bachelor of Business Administration ( I have 9 more classes left!!!)and I have so much more to go!!
The point is, I am living my life and living my dreams and though nothing is always perfect, I am happier than I have ever been and I'm not even through!! The sky is truly the limit!!!
Some may look at where you are now; maybe youre depressed or divorced, or maybe you had a hard childhood, an abusive mother or father,an abusive husband or boyfriend, maybe you had a child or children early in life...regardless, it doesnt matter. Your beginning circumstances mean NOTHING. You decide what you want out of your life. You are responsible for your own dreams. Dont give the past power over you! Dont allow sexual abuse, rejection, lack, etc take over your life! God is the author and finisher of you and if your past circumstances were created to finish you off, then why did God allow you to still be here?
Until next time!!
