Grasp Opportunity

I learned a valuable lesson today and its one that I hope to keep learning for the rest of my life. Everyone wants to live their best life; the man taking orders at the coffee shop, the woman who cleans the restrooms, and the man rushing to meetings day after day. Everyone is trying to achieve something great. And the means at which we achieve this greatness is different for everyone; no two people travel the same path. My path is different than my sister’s path and my sister’s path is different than my brothers.

I met Erica today, very pleasant. She dropped off catering for a meeting and while she waited for her escort I took the opportunity to get to know her a little better. While we were chatting, she told me she wanted to be a nurse, and that pushing carts around the city was not her goal in life. She also mentioned a two year old daughter, for whom I assumed she is the primary caretaker. She said she was looking to work for a well known medical center, and that she was looking to go to School to become an R.N.

Had I not taken the time to speak I would have never known. I’m glad I spoke up; I feel newly inspired and that much more motivated to live on purpose. I read in a book by Henriette Anne Klauser called Write It Down Make It Happen; in the book she urges her readers not to live in the mezzanine of life, but to take the stage front-and-center as an active participant. So true! I had such an epiphany after reading that; and from that day forward I choose to live my life front-and-center, with purpose. And I thank God for Erica who gave me a refreshed motivation to continue.  

It’s easy to get into zombie mode (living but not really), trudging through life. I don’t want to live that way, and I encourage you not to live that way either. It’s been said that not everyone get’s to choose their path in life; and maybe that’s true; and may those of us who are fortunate enough to have the opportunity to do so, not do so in vain. Let us not waste the blessing of being able to choose where we want to be and what we want to accomplish in life. There is someone out there, a child, a father, a mother who may not.  If not for ourselves, let’s do it for those who may not get the opportunity.