Have had a cool and awesome month. Am pursing my goal of being a financial planner- which I tossed around in my mind as a fantasy for a few years. Then, one day I realized that it doesn’t have to be a fantasy- that I can Go for this. I’m sure I’ll be talking about this more in the future. Am dedicated to helping people be more aware of the state of their finances and helping my clients build and preserve wealth. Money is important because it allows your dreams to come true! Anyone who claims that money is the root of all evil probably needs to analyze why they have these negative associations attached to a symbol.
Not what I want to address today. What’s on my mind is how over time, there are people who encourage your dreams and others who feel that ‘realism’ should be applied. I have a few people in my life who never encourage anyone’s dreams- they question, are ‘realistic’ and point out negatives and genuinely rain on parades. I have to say that if you rain on my parade, you probably don’t have a lot of sunshine in your own life.
I have a couple of friends who don’t even acknowledge this new path I’m on. They haven’t said ‘good luck’ or . . .anything. Silence. In my attempt to be a more proactive person, a part of me really wants to ask them why but it may hurt the relationship more than help. My suspicion is that they are still judging who I used to be and not who I am today. Has that ever happened to you? You have a friend or relative who always brings up choices or moments you regret, even if they happened in 1995? Ugh, It’s exhausting and there’s no way to prove who you ARE if someone refuses to see
Guess that the goal is not to care what anyone else thinks- to be your own dog. OK, weird metaphor BUT it used to be the slogan for a beer. Remember? BE YOUR OWN DOG. If someone doesn’t accept then the truth is they have their own work to do in the universe. It’s hard to push away the negativity that is pushed onto us at times but it HAS to be done. I refuse to make excuses for the girl I used to be since I am now a wiser, hopefully better woman.
Thank you if you know me and love me as I am.
