“Giving up on your Dreams, means giving up on yourself!”
DREAM 1
One of my lifelong DREAMS was to own a boutique, which years ago I did. It was called “RODEO DRIVE on MAIN” and just as I was rounding the corner of profit and success, I was hit with a major road block. It took close to 5 years, before finally being diagnosed with an over active thyroid problem, and it was kicking my butt. It zapped all my energy and I had to close the shop.
That was Strike 1
DREAM 2
Once I was stabilized, my next DREAM was to develop a career counseling workbook/workshop , which I did. It was called “DAYDREAMS IN FOCUS”.
Just as I began giving the workshop, at a community college, and getting great participant reviews, out of the blue, I was diagnosed with uterine cancer. I refer to that part of my life as my “personal tsunami.” With all of the surgery, chemo, appointments, radiation, and etc, needless to say, I had to give up yet another a Dream.
That was Strike 2
DREAM 3
My 3rd DREAM materialized itself, I had no clue. As a matter of fact, after my cancer experience, I wasn’t sure WHAT DREAM I would pursue. And along came The DAISY LIST Blog. Which brings us to this POST. As the BLOG grew, unbeknownst to me, I was developing into a Social Entrepreneur, building a brand around a new “bucket” list concept to be called DAISY LIST. This time, I knew this was indeed my Life’s mission.
However, as I was about to launch DAISY LIST into an International brand with a new logo, a new look, new products, and a new e-commerce site, yet another interruption hit me over the head. A world-wide devastating pandemic hit, it’s called Covid-19.
That was Strike 3
That’s 3 STRIKES and
YOU’RE OUT!
In the past, I’ve been labeled the perpetual optimistic Polly Anna dreamer. However, this time, just like the rest of the world, I felt completely broken and helpless. I figured well that was it. Polly Anna was no-where to be found.
When the pandemic hit, I froze. I didn’t think it was appropriate to be thinking and writing about Dreams, when so many millions of people were sick and dying at an unprecedented rate that has never been seen before. This was way beyond positive thinking. No time for Dreaming, only time for prayers and corrective action. For one quick minute, I thought, “this is it, this is the end!’’
I know millions of you could write the exact same nightmare script or worse. I’m not sharing this post from a place of poor me. No not at all, if anything, I’ve been very blessed, and I’m so grateful and appreciative for all those blessings.
No, my story is about how I had to reflect deeply and figure out how to come out of this rabbit hole. One morning I woke up and I saw or I heard or I felt the word “PIVOT” come all over me. It took me days to figure out what that meant, but it got me out of the hole.
I realize for some the Covid-19 recovery will come hard and maybe not at all. Some have lost so much they may never recover from the overwhelming weight of it all.
But this Post is about trying to give people some HOPE & INSPIRATION to hang on. For those on the brink of going one way or another. For me, it meant marking something on a calendar, 6 months “down the road”, and focusing on that! Just recognizing there will be a “down the road” made me feel HOPE! Made me PIVOT my thinking and my actions.
I began to see people stepping it up doing things like making masks at home, putting up signs, making donations, reaching out to do “WHATEVER” they could, big or small to help ALL of us dig out of this mess. People helping total strangers, and creating innovative ways to help others!
Even in baseball, 3 strikes and you’re out only means, out for that pitch. You’ll get another chance at bat if you NEVER give up. So here I am, “NEVER GIVING UP.”
EVERYTHING STARTS WITH A DREAM AND MY DREAM IS DAISY LIST! So I’m back in the game!
Everything man made, started with a dream, automobiles, planes, medicine, trains, running water, machinery, music, roads, vaccines, computers, technology, buildings, bridges, appliances, you name it.
That’s what DAISY LIST is about DREAMS, SURVIVING, INSPIRATION, SUCCESS!
The message for this Post,
NEVER STOP DREAMING!
“Did you come this far, just to come this far?”
I DID NOT!