Tonight I was reading my notes in one of my small notebooks where I have written some goals and thoughts about my dreams. A phrase written prominently on the second page is a quote I had found from somewhere and I am not sure of the author. It reads, “You are the hero of your own saga!” For my female friends, “You are the heroine of your own saga!” In essence, this is your life, it belongs to you and no one else and now is the time to live. What great dream or thrill do you desire to achieve? Where do you want to travel? What adventure or thrill do you seek in your life? There is nothing that is not within your grasp.
There is nothing or no one stopping you, but you! Today, I want to let you know I believe in you! I believe you have the strength and the courage to accomplish anything you set your mind to achieve. Today is a great day to pull out all stops, to live your life with great abandon and recognize God placed you here in this world to use every ounce of your potential. There is no reason to sell yourself short. You have what it takes to live out your wildest fantasies.
I am fortunate to have very special people in my life who care for me and love me. I have wonderful parents, I have a wonderful daughter and granddaughter and loving siblings. My family is very close, not every family is as close as mine, and I thank the Lord for His grace in this area of my life.
I have tremendous friends, people who know how much I truly love, truly care, truly give and know that I am really there for them with my heart and soul. And likewise, I have very special friends who have helped and supported me in so many ways, and I love them.
It is important in life for each of us to know, we are to live our lives full out, hold nothing back! Each of our days are numbered and every day you really do not live to your full potential is day wasted. Truthfully, there is nothing that you cannot achieve; do not listen to the naysayers and critics; who really cares what they have to say! I do not, and neither should you.
James Allen wrote, “Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your idea is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.”
Andrew Carnegie was quoted as saying, “If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hope.”
I challenge you this day to live your life as if you are your own hero because you are. Live daringly, live brilliantly, live with zest, live with abandon! Do not fear, it does not become you, live with faith, real faith that God is with you and nothing can stop you. Choose to believe in yourself.
If you were to ask anyone on the street to describe a hero, they would say it is a person who has gone above and beyond to provide extraordinary acts of service with bravery and bravado. Make this description who you are in your life to yourself and to others. Please know you are an amazing person and God created you to be a great change agent in your own world. Today, decide to be a hero if only to your significant other, your children, your parents and grandparents, siblings, neighbors, co-workers and friends. Take inventory of your talents and abilities and with a positive attitude make a difference.
Live with great faith!
