2019 “year of defiance”
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! It’s been a very long time that I blogged and believe me when I say IT FEELS GOOD to be back. Sorry to all my readers for the inactivity in the past couple of months!! You might wonder why I’ve been MIA but let’s just say this thing called “life” got in the way but no worries I’m back, bigger and better. I hope you’ve missed me and guess what the feeling is mutual. Let me give you guys a little hint about my 2018. It was such a great year, challenging as it was I’m grateful that I not only survived but thrived. Some pretty amazinggggggg 😉 things happened (which I plan to share soon :-). So what was my recipe you may ask. Simple, all I did was look in ways I hadn’t. okay, let me nor lie, I did more thinking than looking, I will also share more of my experiences as we move along.
Alright back to where we left off, hope you guys haven’t been slacking in your personal development and all things self-growth? If you have, that’s okay that’s why I’m here 🙂 Hopefully you noticed the title of this post is “year of DEFIANCE.” You may or may not be wondering what defiance means, but for those of you that might not know the true meaning of defiance, it’s defined as “open resistance: a daring or bold resistance to authority OR any opposing force.” I chose that word because this new year 2019 is not the year to rest on your laurels and become complacent or lazy.
You can no longer allow other forces take charge of your life this new year. Let’s be clear opposing forces could either be external or internal (you), and for every force there’s an equal or opposite reaction perhaps the only thing I remember in physics but regardless of whatever forces you must overcome, this year you’ve got to take full control of your life to make it better than 2018.
Oprah epitomizes defiance in many ways. Born into poverty, raped and impregnated as a teen, lost the child prematurely, none of these events could stop her ascent to the top of a career she practically carved for herself. When she was rejected by TV stations and told she couldn’t succeed in journalism as a black woman, she defied those forces and transformed the energy into poise, resilience and compassion. The rest is history, Oprah not only is one of the most successful TV hosts, she also commands a net worth of nearly 3 billion dollars.
Imagine if she wasn’t daring enough to resist the higher forces (tv executives) who constantly told her “No”? Think about it for second, most of us would have missed out from all the informative and life changing goodness that watching her show brought to us. Don’t know about you but I am one of the millions that were affected positively by watching the Oprah Winfrey show. Her show was very motivating and had a way of inspiring you to live your best life.
One thing that has helped me achieve most of my goals is that I always ask myself this simple yet thought-provoking question “what is my intention?” Do you know why that question is important? It’s because it helps me separate the important things from the unimportant ones. Now I could put things into perspective, better still focus. I read an Instagram post by Bonang Matheba that said, “what you focus on grows” and that was my case last year. I learned that the moment you intentionally shift your focus to something whether positive or negative, it grows.
So, I want to encourage you be defiant, resist your mind or any force from stopping you to achieve your dream and goals in life! Hope you enjoyed reading this post, please leave your comments I would like to know what some of your 2019 goals are and don’t forget to share this post, you never know which of your friend or loved one needs to read this 🙂
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