I recently saw a statement in a magazine that said, “If you could say one thing to your 16-year old self, it’d be…” I would say, “Stop, rest assured that all will be better than you ever imagined it to be.”
High school was the bitter pits for me. Living in a dysfunctional home with an even more dysfunctional mother, I never knew from one moment to the next what was about to happen. Fill it in with the insecurities of self-esteem, lack of confidence and all else that happens in high school that is filled with drama and thinking that all is super important!
Quite frankly, I am surprised that any of us survived childhood and high school. Why didn’t someone teach me to trust myself early on - to know that when I do, life shows up according to what I have pictured in my mind. Why did it take me so long to figure out that I needed to think in the affirmative because that is what shows up? Who knew that when the storms showed up that I could just dance in the rain and jump in the puddles?
Why didn’t someone in high school tell me the importance of what I was learning was going to make my life easier later on? Or what to do with checking accounts, savings accounts, paychecks, etc?
So, whoever in my life influenced me to do better, to go for excellence, to take the hard road rather than the easy one, to always give more, and to always be kind, you have my heart felt thanks. And I am glad you took the time with me to explain the importance of each step in my life.
Because you did, I can truly say that my life is better than I ever imagined it to be. You, like John Quincy Adams, encouraged me to remember that my actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more in order to be an influential leader.
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