Tag: Inspiration

  • Be Bold About Dreaming Big

    Be Bold About Dreaming Big

    Dear friend, I want you to get a little wild and crazy and remove the leash you place on your imagination, especially when it comes to your dreams. You haven’t stopped dreaming, but I have noticed that you’re looking around at life and timelines and shrinking your dreams and goals. There’s a fine line between…

  • Why You Need to Embrace What Makes You Different

    Why You Need to Embrace What Makes You Different

    I’m starting to think that the ultimate goal (and challenge) in life is learning to truly embrace what makes us different. When we are young, most of our teachers, families, and even Sesame Street, tell us that we are special. Then, we grow up and have to contend with a world that tempts us with…

  • A Lesson On Living from Stuart Scott

    A Lesson On Living from Stuart Scott

    I am not going to lie. My first reaction to Stuart Scott’s passing was “he didn’t deserve to die.” I didn’t venture far enough to blame God, but I was initially baffled. But he fought so hard with such fortitude and faith. If anyone deserved to beat cancer, didn’t he? I thought about his ESPN…

  • Let Me Fly

    Let Me Fly

    I think they were afraid to let me fly. Scared that if I left the ground it would expose their inner fear of leaving the ground. My flight would expose the fact that they were actually the ones that were supposed to teach me how to fly, but for one reason or the other, they could…

  • On the Other Side of Fear

    On the Other Side of Fear

    It was about 11 o’clock at night and I had just landed at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. I was on the second leg of a three-stop journey—Atlanta, Phoenix, and San Diego. Being my first time visiting Arizona, and not knowing when or if I would return, I somehow thought it would be a great…