Are you living the life you've always dreamed about? Are you working in a profession you love? Are you excited about life when you wake in the morning because you know that your going to do something your passionate about? Many women have lost sight of the dreams and ambitions they had as young girls and have somehow settled into a life that is inside the box. I know I did.. After working a job for nearly four years that was secure but completely frustrating and mentally draining I thought to myself... is this how you want to spend the next 30 years. Looking around my workplace I saw the faces of those I'd worked with who were now retiring...old, drained, and unfulfilled. I knew that couldn't be me and that I needed to make a change and quick. Of course I began thinking about if I could really risk leaving this job to pursue my dreams...what about my bills, the benefits etc. In the back of my mind I remembered a poem that my Mother gave me while I was in high school. It's called Risk...
To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk being called sentimental.
To reach out to another is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to risk showing your true self.
To place your ideas and dreams before the crowd is to risk being called naïve.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To live is to risk dying.
To hope is to risk despair.
To try is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken because the greatest risk is to risk nothing.
The people who risk nothing, do nothing, have nothing, are nothing and become nothing.
They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they are slaves, they’ve forfeited their freedom.
Only the people who risk are truly free.
Author Unknown
My mind was made up, I was ready to take that risk. I told myself that I would return to school to complete my master's degree and pursue the life I truly wanted. Amazingly things immediately began to fall into place. It became so obvious that I was on the right track and that this was what I was supposed to be doing. I was going to apply to Temple University and pursue my Master's degree in Clinical Social Work. I am ready to make a change and follow my dreams...here I go world!!
Stay tuned for further details ;-)
