Follow your heart and stop waiting on people

Waiting on people is like waiting for a ship that will never sail. It's like waiting for a boat that will not leave it's port. How often do we underachieve because we're waiting for so and so, waiting for things to change, waiting for others to jump on board? I know I have REGULARLY. A lot of us seek change, but we want others to bring it. It is my firm belief that we all have a mission and purpose on this earth. We cannot afford to wait for others to realize it. We have to realize our mission and actively pursue it. If you don't know it, you have to search for it. You cannot wait while life passes you by. Don't wait while opportunities go past you.

A life without motivation is like a fire near it's end. One's life and outlook is filled with vibrancy when motivation is present. Hope and Motivation go hand in hand. It's hope that gives one the motivation to hold on, the motivation to keep going on and pushing hard. The opposite of hope is doubt. But what's worse, if not greater, is waiting, waiting for Change. We cannot wait indefinitely. Some wait indefinitely just hoping that someday he'll stop beating me, someday she'll stop lying to me, maybe one day he'll stop cheating on me, maybe one day they'll treat me better, maybe one day I'll be appreciated, maybe one day I'll be understood, maybe one day they'll grow up, maybe one day they'll be better people. Waiting for people is like waiting for a ship that will never sail. You cannot wait for people to love you so you can love yourself, you have to love yourself regardless. Don't wait to be treated with respect so you can respect yourself, respect yourself nevertheless. Don't wait for others to give you your rights, treat you like a human being, treat you fairly so you can start living in freedom and as a human being. Start living as a free human being now regardless of what others may think. You cannot wait for popular opinion/consent to be on your side. You cannot wait for a popular vote to follow your dreams or popular approval to reach to the highest heights. Besides your inaction only shows that you're in agreement with whatever others make of you. What others think or say does not change who one is. As far as I'm concerned, it's only God who can speak things into existence. If anything, his words should be the most important and life changing.

A good example would be Dr. Martin Luther King. King was A man who would not wait for others to bring change, for others to give him his rights, for others to treat him as a human being. He went ahead and acknowledged his rights and his equality in a society that had no regards for him whatsoever or for other minorities. Many in the civil rights movement, like King, couldn't wait for others to give them their rights. They acknowledged they had rights, and treated themselves like humans with rights. Because of these courageous people, we owe our liberties.

Barack Obama is a modern example of an individual who sought change all the way to the nation's highest office. He didn't wait for others to bring it, he didn't wait for popular consent, he had dreams, goals and aspirations. He followed these and will soon become the 44th president of the United States of America.

One of the saddest things in life is to see potential going to waste. So go ahead, reach for the stars. Don't wait to be understood or settle with moving along with the pace. If the pace is too slow Go ahead, lead the pact, set the pace of the race. Some of us were meant to be leaders, we were meant to do so much more.