Stubborn Girl

There's something about being told I can't do something that turns on a switch inside of me and fills me with the determination and drive to do the exact opposite.

Since my existence I've been told "yes" and "no" and taught "good" from "bad"...and I've always questioned where all the rules came from, I've always felt the urge to push the envelope and explore why some things were considered acceptable behavior and others were not.

This got me into a lot of trouble in my teen years...but you know what, I have not one regret!

If we all learn from our mistakes and grow so much from them, then why are we all programmed from a very young age to grow up a certain way? Why are so many decisions made for us with no opportunity for us to take the path that has no footprints and leave our own unique mark?

We go to school and they teach us that in life we should get an education, get a job, get married and have kids...they encourage us to have goals and practice the things we are good at and get better at them...but then our passions get labelled, categorized and we are told that only a certain percentage of people can make a living doing what they love! That some passions are best left as hobbies or past times...

We are given a limited selection of career choices to choose from when we graduate and encouraged to go study in one of the fields available...but who's making all these rules? And why are some passions discouraged and labeled in a way that we are driven to believe we could never make a living from them or build a life long career? Why are we so discouraged to chose the roads less traveled?

The point I am trying to get to here is that we've all had big dreams and visions...they have been there since we were old enough to feel inspired.

We've all imagined "what if I could be this or do that? Wow, imagine how amazing that would feel!"..

But most of us are too afraid to even bring those visions to light or talk about them as adults, we hide them from the world and sometimes even from ourselves...why?

Because we've been told that some things are possible, somethings are not, and that there is a time and place for play and work.

"Oh because you can't make money doing that" "You'll be a starving artist" "You'll never retire at that speed" "How will you attract a life partner if you don't have a secure income" "You need to get a job, make good money, and then later on in life when you retire...then...then you'll have time to play and spend time doing those things"...

We are taught that we need to earn a happy life!

I say NO! I say no to the limitation and yes to my determined little self to push past the doubts and insecurities! We are meant to shine in this life now! We are meant to play and enjoy the journey now! Not only once we retire! Why on earth would or should we punish ourselves like that!

What if my big imagination and all the amazing experiences I long to experience are actually meant to happen to me and that's why my heart doesn't fit into all the other options that I've been suggested and encouraged to pursue!!?

Life is too amazing and awesome to not write my story exactly how I love imagining it to be! And my vision and ambitions are constantly changing, and you know what, that's okay too!

It's no wonder there is such a small percentage of people living their dream life or career, why people are afraid to express their deepest desires, be creative and chase after the experiences that would truly ignite their fire...we're all scared, and with reason because of society's judgement and expectations on us as humans.

I see so many unhappy people in this world, just going through the motions of what they have been taught that their life should look like and feeling like they have no power to change or leap into where they truly want to be...and no judgement because in some ways, I am still one of them, but I am aware and working hard to get out of this narrow minded way of life. And the more I speak my mind and share my desire to be different, the more I am hoping to inspire others to do the same.

So many are afraid to leap and follow their passions in life, worried about what others will think, say or believe. And I can admit that I still live with these fears each and everyday...but it's by openly sharing them that I am able to rise above and plow forward into my greatness!

Luckily I was raised by a loving mother who always encouraged me and continues to encourage me to become all that my heart desires <3 She's always guided me and showed me how to be a loving compassionate person but she never tied me down and made me feel like any of my dreams were too big for me!

I am so appreciative to the fact that I have grown awareness to how important it is to follow our intuition and so grateful to have come to understand that everything is a choice.

The people we surround ourselves with, the places we decide to explore, the dreams we allow to become real, the choices are there just waiting for us to make them.

We all have this amazing opportunity in life to live the life of our dreams. We are all capable of anything our thoughts are made of.

So follow that love, that ambition, that dream that most people will try to convince you is too big for reality.

Chose to be courageous and do it anyways, wear your decisions with pride and encourage others to do the same. We all have the right to write our own story.

And mine is a bout a stubborn girl from a small town that keeps on believing in her big fat dreams and won't let anybody get in her way! I hope I can inspire someone to take the first step to admitting they have a dream and finding the courage to openly put it out into the Universe.

Because it's never too late

#ninjagirl #thepathlesstravelled