
As a child, I often found myself daydreaming about my future. I wanted to be a pediatrician, be married by 25, have 2-3 kids, a house with a porch where I could read a book and sip on lemonade, and a Mercedes E320. My life was going to be so grand! Never in a million years did I think that I would be a single parent of one child, almost forty, and not married nor have any prospects. What happened to my dream? How did I end up on this road? It seems that all of the things that I had envisioned for my life somehow abandoned me.
As a child, I was excited about life and all it had to offer; but somewhere along the way, my view of life changed. The excitement that I once had was gone. What happened to all of my hopes and dreams? What happened to my zeal for life? How did my heart become so heavy? Why has life placed all of these obstacles before me? What happened to ME?
When you were growing up, I’m sure you had dreams too. As things happened in your life, you probably found yourself asking those same questions. Sometimes we let all of the negative experiences that occur in our lives to overtake us. We often believe that our past defines us. We allow others to dictate to us who we are supposed to be and we never take the time to really discover who we really are or what we really want to be. We fail to understand that we should use our past experiences to propel us to a brighter future.
Do you have a dream that has gone unfulfilled? If so, what is keeping you from pursuing your dream? Is your past holding you back? If so, what will it take for you to stop looking back and begin to look forward?
As women, we can no longer sit idly by and continue to live unfulfilled lives. It’s time to let go of the past and start life anew. You can do anything you want to do. The only person holding you back is you.
Ladies, don’t you think it’s time you start living life FREE (Forgiven, Renewed, Encouraged, and Empowered)? Let’s talk about it.
Tonya D. Zeigler
As a child, I was excited about life and all it had to offer; but somewhere along the way, my view of life changed. The excitement that I once had was gone. What happened to all of my hopes and dreams? What happened to my zeal for life? How did my heart become so heavy? Why has life placed all of these obstacles before me? What happened to ME?
When you were growing up, I’m sure you had dreams too. As things happened in your life, you probably found yourself asking those same questions. Sometimes we let all of the negative experiences that occur in our lives to overtake us. We often believe that our past defines us. We allow others to dictate to us who we are supposed to be and we never take the time to really discover who we really are or what we really want to be. We fail to understand that we should use our past experiences to propel us to a brighter future.
Do you have a dream that has gone unfulfilled? If so, what is keeping you from pursuing your dream? Is your past holding you back? If so, what will it take for you to stop looking back and begin to look forward?
As women, we can no longer sit idly by and continue to live unfulfilled lives. It’s time to let go of the past and start life anew. You can do anything you want to do. The only person holding you back is you.
Ladies, don’t you think it’s time you start living life FREE (Forgiven, Renewed, Encouraged, and Empowered)? Let’s talk about it.
Tonya D. Zeigler