Wake Up!

A Dream Deferred

by Langston Hughes

What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over--
like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?

What is it that you want to accomplish? Is it opening your own business? Going back to school? Changing careers? In order to realize your dream, you have to have a plan of action. How are you going to do it? When? Where? Why? Who will help? By starting with a plan of action, you are setting the foundation for your success.

"No dream comes true until you wake up and go to work." Anonymous

Divas With A Purpose

What is it that you stand for? When your name comes to mind, what do others think of? Is it something positive or negative? Is it what you'd want your legacy to be? Is it what you'd want your children to pass on to their children's children? If not, what are you doing to change that?

What is the point of going through life without a purpose? What are you doing to shape your destiny? What are you doing to create your legacy? Each generation to be a step ahead (or more) than the previous, what are you doing to make your strides? Are you preparing your children to take over your legacy or are you allowing them to make the same mistakes your grandparents, parents and yourself made?

In order to live a fulfilled life, you must have a purpose. You must have something that makes you get up each morning excited and ready to make a difference somehow someway. Your purpose should not be something that is selfish and just benefits you and yours. Your purpose should touch others and have a domino effect on those that they touch. It should metamorphisize into an even bigger purpose.