Write the Vision

I am typically a private person and only share parts of me as needed to close family and friends. Starting a blog is a big deal for me because it forces me to be more transparent than normal. In addition, one of my goals this year is to create new relationships. I have been in Atlanta for 5 years have met some amazing people who have been very supportive and accepting of me. Yet I failed to establish a solid network of individuals that can potentially help in expanding my career and vision. So, I decided to take advantage of Meetup.com. I have been a member for over five years and have never participated in a meet up. I began this year focused on changing that reality and I am very pleased with the groups I joined. In less than two months I have attended three meet ups. One gave me the confidence to build this website.

This past weekend I attended a vision board party and I really enjoyed myself. What I liked most was that it was co-ed. Over the past few years vision board parties have become very popular among women. As the visionaries, we are many women would spend hours cutting pictures for their future lives, husband, children, career, designer bags, and etc. Lately I have been seeing more vision board parties catering to the interest of men. It is inspiring to see a man taking the time to manifest his vision through imagines. While at the party I noticed the gentleman next to me. He was so focused and excited it made me smile. He worked diligently to find images of everything he was asking God to manifest in His life this year....from fashion to friends, finances, and even a family. But what stood out was the center point of his vision board. It was an image of the Bible, this made my spirit smile. In the midst of a society that appears to be leaving the church there are still men in the world that desire a deeper relationship with Christ.

I did not grow up with a strong spiritual male figure in my home. I was introduced to Christ by my mother and developed a personal relationship with Christ throughout my teenage and college years. My spiritual male role models where often Bishops whose ministries I followed Bishop Joseph Walker, III and Bishop T.D. Jakes to name a few. To see a man with a genuine hunger for Christ gives me hope as a single woman who desires to marry a spiritual like-minded man. It reminds me that there is someone envisioning a life with me in it just as much as I am envisioning my life with him. It has always been my desire to be a wife, mother, and entrepreneur. Now in my early 30s I approach what I want out of life differently than I did in my 20s. I am finally living and doing what makes me happy and fulfilled. While in my 20s I spent a large aspect of it chasing what was expected of me go to college, get a job, start a family. I found much of it lead me to living in a fantasy and a lot of heartache.

Six months ago, I wasn’t sure if my career in fitness was still possible; due to the loss of my kidney transplant. Giving up on my dream would only leave me unhappy, depressed, and feeling like a failure. Everything I am not and a clear recipe for a lupus flare. I remember praying Lord, I worked too hard and sacrificed to much just to give up. He told me to step out on radical faith. With my health now stable I jumped in and fully committed to my passion. The vision board I created is a visual refection of just that; my career (fitness) and my reward (travel).

Habakkuk 2:2 says

“…Write the vision and make it plan on tablets, that he may run who reads it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it Because it will surely come, it will not tarry.”

Creating vision boards help me to limit negativity and distractions. It is an act of faith that allows me to believe focus on what I want out of life despite the distraction I live with daily named lupus. I make a conscious effort to not spend my days worrying about my health. Yet, I spend more time and energy preparing for my life as a future wife, mother, and entrepreneur. I do all this by maintaining a balanced and healthy lifestyle. I hope to inspire you to do the same. If you have never created a life vision for yourself the time is now.