“The biggest fallacy on earth is that you can be anything that you want to be. You can only be what you were meant to be.” ~Oprah Winfrey
When I first read that quote, I had a big question mark on my forehead. Then I read it again and it totally made sense. Everything I want isn’t always good for me. That goes for relationships, food AND ambitions.
When it comes to relationships, sometimes people show us who they are from the beginning and we have the choice and the chance to walk away. At other times, we learn who they are the hard way. It’s not always easy to know that some relationships just weren’t meant to be.
Growing up I wanted to be a singer, a supermodel and a writer. Well, I don’t have the nerve to get up in front of people and sing. I’m too shy that way. I did, however, have the nerve to get up in front of people sometimes half naked and walk a runway or take photos. Even still, I’m no supermodel. That industry wanted more than I was willing to give and I gracefully bowed out. So I guess one out of three ain’t bad.
I am a writer and have been for what seems like forever. Writing is what I was meant to do though. Motivating people, is what I’m meant to do. Still, getting to that place of figuring out what I want and if it’s what’s meant for me took some trial and error. It took me auditioning for a choir and realizing my voice refused to meet me at the audition for me to finally accept that as much as I love singing, I wasn’t meant to do it on that level. Sometimes it takes having jobs that make us miserable to realize it’s time to do something else. Whatever the case, realizing we have the choice and the chance to be EXACTLY what we are meant to be is exciting and worth the journey. What do you think about Oprah’s quote?
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If we’re lucky, what we’re meant to do and what we want to do are the same. But I also feel that there’s a lot we’re meant to do, and we also get to explore all the things we want to do. Whether we excel at them or not.
The bigger question is, are we being who we really are, no matter what we do? Are we allowing the fullness of who we are into what we choose to do? If so, then we’re always doing what we’re meant to do.
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Accepting the things I can not change and the courage to change the things I can. Some things always come back into my life, its just flushing out the monsters in order for me to be who I’m meant to be.
I love this saying. This is an inspiring post and it goes to show you that even your best laid out plans might be derailed. If you are going through a similar situation, don’t give up and keep searching for something that you love to do and keep dreaming.
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I like this. I think a lot of us want to be something we’re not and what we are is even better.
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Yes. Just be YOU. And you’ll see, everything follows.
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