You survived 100,000 other sperm to get here. What do you mean you don’t know what to do?
-- Les Brown

Even before you were conceived, you knew how to navigate and maneuver your way through the maze of life. Perhaps as a human tadpole, you had playmates and you and they played together very well until the egg bell sounded. Then, you shot out as fast as you could, trying to beat the others to the one seat in the elite school of ovaries that was the most precious. Well, one time you won the race, and to your credit and swimming ability, you’re here.

And you’re here to live with the same gusto and determination put forth when you were trying to get here. The same energy it took to thrust you out in the beginning is the same energy you’ll need to find your way around the various stations of your life.

Herein lies the problem. Somewhere along the way we forgot that we were powerful, in control of ourselves, and capable. At some point along the way somebody told us we couldn’t do a thing or that our idea was no good. Someone said we weren’t pretty or smart; and they said because daddy didn’t live with us, we’d always be poor and our homes would be broken and incomplete. And they told it to us so much, it became our overarching theme. We believed what everybody told us about the very selves we were and we bit into it hook, line, and sinker. Everybody took our force, the same force we used to be the one.

Why’d we let ourselves forget or be taken over? Remember as a kid charging forward and taking life and its accoutrements by the horns, riding it out, no matter where it took you, until you fell off or mama called you to come in? Remember the curiosity you once held about everything, asking question after question until you were satisfied you had the information you needed for the moment, then springing into a barrage of more questions because you just needed to know it all? Remember singing and dancing your heart out around the living room with a blanket on your head for long hair, pretending to be on stage performing before a large crowd of admirers? Yeah, all that was living life fully! That was seeing yourself differently, free of restrictions and margins, acting on what you saw and felt, and throwing every part of yourself into the thing to get the best and most from it. That’s the kind of gumption, ambition, and passion we all need now.

Sure we know more about life now, and what we know keeps us within the lines of the coloring pages and staying on our side of the sandbox. But it also keeps us at mediocre, limits our abilities, and blocks our blessings. Why not mesh what you’ve learned with some kid spunk and drive and see just what you get? Surely something awesome will ensue if you unbury your vigor, affirm yourself daily, tell the naysayers where to go, and just go for it. You were one of thousands once before, you can be that one again.

Sadiqqa © 2007