Create your moment
How often do you sit and dream about the future you want to live? How often do you wish you were happier with your life? We spend years, and for some our whole lives dreaming, believing a better life is only a fantasy. Hollywood is made up of those people following their dreams, some make it, others don’t! So what’s the secret to success? Money? Who you Know? Talent? Ambition? Self confidence? Fearlessness? Perseverance?
OK so reality has taught us we can’t all make it big, we can’t all be the next Annie Liebovitz, Steven Speilberg, Julia Roberts, Picasso, C. S. Lewis, or Taylor Swift. But should that stop us? Absolutely not! What if we decide to make a concious effort to turn our dreams into reality? What if we gave ourselves permission to pursue those moments we have dreamt of? What if success meant something different? Do I have to be a best selling author to be happy, or to fulfil my dreams of writing and creating? Does my photography need to be on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine to prove I am accomplished? The answer again is NO, I don’t have to make it in the ‘big time’ in order to be considered a success, I need to feel fulfilled and happy within myself, I need to be able to role model to my children that you can follow your dreams and find personal satisfaction without an award saying you are number 1 in your field. Of course if I was told my novel was a number 1 best seller I would feel incredibly honoured, but if it doesn’t happen then that doesn’t make me any less of a success. Succeeding is about doing your best, giving something your all, working hard and being happy within. Success is about facing your fears and challenges with grace and dignity, with hard work and good intentions.
We don’t all have the money to fly around taking photographs of this incredible world we live in, but that doesn’t mean we can’t take amazing shots in our own backyards, so to speak. Barassai, a Hungarian Photographer (1899 – 1984), who lived in France, made a successful career only shooting photographs in France. Take ownership, take responsibility, it is time to stop letting excuses and fears stand in your way. Make a choice to let your creativity flow through you!
Everything begins with one small moment in time, one thought, one decision. It is time to become concious of what is holding you back, and quite bluntly tell it to get lost!! Stop letting fear hold you back from an amazing future! Too many people say “I’m too old now”, or “I don’t have the time … money”, well you’re still here aren’t you?! We often hear the saying that people regret what they don’t do, more than regretting what they did do, and I for one don’t want to be on my death bed wishing I had allowed my creativity to flow through me and onto the page, or through the lens of my camera. I had every reason to be happy before, a beautiful family, a husband I adore, but something was missing, I was stifling my creativity and I was drowning until I picked up a pen and started to write. Now I am breathing the freshest air and my family is happier because of it.
There is a quote on reflectionsfromme.com that I would like to share with you
“If I do not trust myself to risk experiencing anything new, if I am too afraid of change in my life, then I can not open myself up to new experiences, to change, to the amazing opportunities and beautiful sights I am yet to discover in my life.
It is time to take a leap of faith”
Create your moment
be your own truth, mg