Today, I want to applaud you for showing up! No, not here on the website, but showing up for life. I know some of you are struggling. It took a lot of strength and bravery to get out of bed and go on with life when maybe you don’t know how you’re going to keep on doing it. It’s ok. Just keep doing it. It will get better!

For some of you, thank you for showing up to the job you hate or for staying another day in a marriage that you think is dead. You could have run from your responsibilities, but you didn’t. But instead of continuing to plod through a life you don’t love, let alone like, gather your courage to make the changes you need to have the great life you want. Change your job if that’s what fills you with dread every time you wake up in the morning. Fix your marriage if you still have love in your heart. Speak up where you need to. Make amends. Or walk away if that is what is best if you can’t reconcile and be happy together. Either way, it will require some work. Life isn’t about just putting in time until you die. It truly is a wondrous gift and when you realize there isn’t as much time left as you’ve already spent here, it can be a real motivator to make the most of the time you have left. Life can be so much more than just the same old, same old everyday. But sometimes, you have to really push yourself to get to where you want to be. You can do this. It might be hard, but it will be worth it in the end. I’m not talking just about making your life ‘feel good’ happy. I’m talking about fulfillment, purpose and a reason to get up in the morning that energizes you – these things that lead to being a happier you. It won’t fall in your lap. But you can seize the day and make it happen! Learn to be true to yourself. When you can do that, you will attract the right people in your life to help you on your journey. The ones that will love you for who you really are, because you will finally be living as your authentic self.

For others, thank you for persevering when it seems like things aren’t moving your way despite your efforts. You have a dream and you don’t know how you will make it come to pass but you are trying and trying. Thank you for sticking with it. Consistency is the key to success. So keep doing what you’re doing. Consider new ideas to help launch yourself to where you wish to be. If you’re like me, you’ve spent a lot of time in your life helping others achieve their goals and dreams while yours waited on the sidelines. This can be your year! Just keep at it. And if you haven’t started, get to it!

If your life isn’t what you want it to be, only you can make the decision to change that. It doesn’t matter where you’re starting from, be it the top or at rock bottom. It starts with your decision, some courage and some hope to hang onto that keeps your dream, no matter how big or small, alive.