Macala Wright Lee

When you're reading through all the articles and blog posts you've marked in Delicious or Google Reader, have you ever just stumbled on the post that you just NEEDED to read to put a thought, topic or situation into perspective? Well, that's what happened this weekend with one of my favorite new media guys, Brian Solis. In the post, Build Bridges Between Aspiration and Inspiration, Brian says:

Remembering who you are serves as a history lesson as the state of “you”; the result of your past finding its place in the present. Understanding how we got to this place at this time is predicated by our actions as they were influenced by the events that touched us.

Ergo, our aspiration is a deliberate state of intention and the distance defining our journey is measured by the actions that move hope and vision toward existence and propelled by conscious activity and purpose. It’s the difference between dreaming…and bringing dreams to life.

As I evolve into the person I am continully becoming, this struck a cord. I think, as an entreprenuer, and more as woman, I struggle internally with how I got to where I am and how my past is relevant to the place I'm going.

I have dreams and I have goals that often conflict with the path that being presented to me. I've fought with who've I wanted to be and where I wanted to go with the direction that the woman I currently am is going and who that I to become. I've decided to give way to the direction that the woman I am is going because frankly, I've become the person that woman's supposed to be; I've just been denying that's she's already here. The opportunities and challenges that I've been given have been where given to me for  a number of reasons; most of them all blessings in diguise.

Are You Life Searching Yourself? Ask yourself the following question, as I did and see where you end up. I think the reflection in the water will be much clearer.

• What do I want to be now and in the future? Why?
• How will I get there?
• What’s working against me right now?
• What challenges face me today and tomorrow?
• How will I know when I get there and what is the reward for reaching my destination?
• What is the opportunity cost of these ambitions over others?

Once I discover and confirm who I want to be…I then do the things…that ultimately empower me to get to where I envisioned. - @BrianSolis

We're given challenges, obstacles and opportunities in our lives, we choose what to make of them. We're ultimately responsible for the lives we want to live. The path that you thought was yours sometimes isn't the one you're ultimately meant to be on. Once you've changed directions, you'll be surpised what you find.