Motivation of the Day: Even if the path is blurry, keep walking

I haven't done a post on here since October. However, I will make a valiant effort 3 times a week to keep updating, posting quotes, ways for success, and more. This is much more than me and my personal growth, but to help ease the minds of others as well. What better than to start your day off with a great mantra or saying to get you in the mood for the day. Happy Friday, everyone! Have a great day and an even better weekend.

What is success?

I was originally going to post this on my Tumblr (still might but may switch some things here and there), but man....this is crazy. Apparently, I had an interesting dream (very short) where I entered a mall of some sort and I ended up acquiring a Starbucks. My first major business....this is when things get very interesting. I magically appear in a lecture room where one of my old college friends was in...he told me to sit by him but the chairs were basically filled up..I ended up finding a seat and automatically the professor called my name and asked what was all the commotion and told me speak to the class. The crazy thing is the professor was Michelle Kwan. I love Michelle Kwan with a passion. I definitely look up to her quite a bit. She hit me with the question, "What is success?" As I was getting up to say my speech, I woke up. Ultimately, that left me with a rather chilling yet inspiring feeling this morning. I honestly believe that success is not a destination but a constant up and down journey with life and yourself. Success is putting in the time, sacrifice, hard work, and belief that you will gradually get better with time. Success is not just the money, it's a feeling of achieving and you never stop achieving. Success is even when you are being successful, you know that's not the end and you set the bar higher. Success is inspiring others to be better, to achieve their dreams, and just follow through. Success is brushing off or slowly getting up after you take some major hits and continue to roll with the punches despite your adversities. Those are just a few of the things I correlate with success. There are tons more. However, I think I want to give you all a visual aid to really elaborate on how I feel. Enjoy!

Will Smith on his secrets to success

I originally posted this on my Making Money 2 Blog site, but this can be applicable to anything. I think a few of the reasons why Will Smith is so successful is because you feel a certain validity within the way he creates a presence on screen. You feel the character, you feel the hunger, you feel whatever he goes through as if you were in the same position. Also, you realize the type of work ethic he has placed upon himself. I've always had to work harder than most of my peers whether it was school work, dancing, or something. It kind of bothered me at the time, but I realize that hunger, the drive, that motivation speaks volumes in a way that just pure talent does not. I think I remember Will Smith saying to the effect in one interview "If you're not willing to work hard, let someone else do it. I'd rather be with someone who does a horrible job, but gives 110% than with someone who does a good job and gives 60%." As I get older, I can definitely agree. I've lost hours and hours of play time, going out, dancing at events and sleep, but this blogging passion is something that supersedes everything. I realize the more you sit on your behind and wait for something to happen, you will be left behind the trail. Follow your path and don't let anything step in your way. Plant your seeds properly and watch them bear fruit.

My reason for starting this blog

First off, I'm pretty much addicted to blogging. I won't go spaz out and say all of the different blogs I'm posting, but I will post a link if it does correlate to the topic. I love writing and it is the most therapeutic thing for me (next to dancing), personally. You might even see some poetry on here from time to time from my personal library. 2nd and most important reason, EVERYONE needs a place to go when times are rough. Sometimes, life has a real way of knocking you down and it seems tougher and tougher to the point where you just can't take it. You need a release. You need an out. You need somewhere to clear your head. 3rd reason, it's a new experience for me. It's allowing me to really be personal, but at the same time touch people in a different way. I really hope the people that read these posts or watch these videos get something out of it. That's the main purpose.