The Makings of Me: On My 22nd Birthday

 (This was posted yesterday, September 12th on my other blog, Of Dreams and Deeds for my birthday. And I am sorry I haven't been here in a long while)

For starters, I really don't know where or how to start this (I love 'em, but pardon the pun!)

I am 22.

And for some reason, it's very significant to me. One would think my 21st year should be...but I was not nearly as excited then as I am today!

I think I know why...

Again, just to remind you what this blog (Of Dreams and Deeds) is about, it is to document my journey towards the accomplishment of certain dreams I've had since I was born, and the deeds I'm doing to make them a reality. So far, so good.

And I've never quite been so close. In the last 22 years, I've never quite had that feeling of "I got it!"

...until now!

I am so assured, and am continually reassured that "the future [indeed does] belong to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams", and trust me, I am dreaming, and dream...a lot! Lots of events (most significantly my experience at LeaderShape) have happened this past year leading to this one I'm about to start today, that have equipped me with what it takes to make that future I've dreamed about happen. Sure, like I said, it's all 'one step at a time' and for this next year which I start today, I just want to keep the ball rolling. I'm not stopping...at least not any time soon.

I am grateful I have people (family, friends, and even strangers) to share all that I am with. I mentioned somewhere on this blog, that my deepest fear - what I fear the most - is that I am actually good at being everything I am.

I enjoy life, and I delight in learning from it, and siphoning from it everything it has to offer.

And a lot of things I do today have been 22 years in the making.

And still, I don't think I'm there just yet...but there is no doubt that I'm very close. This Close!

With that as a form of preamble, I decided to sum up the whole of what I am (not quite lol) in a 4 minutes video  using the spoken word format of poetry. This is just something else I deeply love. Words....

...words are as living, breathing, able to shape, form...just as life itself is.



Of course, achieving certain dreams is about setting goals. I mentioned on this blog that creating this blog was actually one of my manageable/short term goals, and it definitely feeds into the stretch goals as it pertains to the BIG PICTURE!

And for this year that starts for me today, I decided to set some goals for myself. 22 to be exact!

   

Just know that if you're reading this, I have enrolled you into my team (yes, without your consent. You're welcome!) and you're responsible as well as accountable to making sure I achieve these goals by this time next year. So check up on me to see how I am doing on them. Thanks.

And to wrap this post up, I thought this song is fitting, to describe my journey over these past years. I stole the title of this post from the song as well, so I might as well post it. I've said it before, and I'll say it again just in case you're wondering why I always end my posts with Music...

How could I not!?

Okay, maybe that's not exactly what I said before, but oh well!