When I was younger my Mom worked at City Hall. To me it was a big deal. It truly was one of the most grand, important buildings in our city.
It's a massive stone building with tall ceilings, grand staircases, massive wooden doors, and embellished casings all with a steepled, clock tower on the front of the building. There's so much history and workmanship there.
Aside from the pomp and circumstance that went on in my mind, the meaning I gave it at the time, was that if you worked at City Hall, you made it... you "made it to the top."
It was then, in my young mind, a decision was made.
If I was to ever "make it," I would have a job there.
As I got older and started making my own decisions, one thing remained consistent...if there were a choice of two paths, one being the easy way and one being the hardest road possible...hands down, i would always end up saying,
"let me take the hard road, please."🤣🤫
There were times in my life that I couldn't even imagine that there was a chance for me to work there or at a job as important as that. As time went on, I kind of forgot that I had this idea in my head and motored on with my life.
Flash forward to this past week, as I was getting ready to teach a workshop to the employees that work for the city, it just so happened that the location was in the Mayor's Reception Room...right there, on the top floor of City Hall👊
As I pulled up, parked my car and looked way up the side of the massive building, the little kid inside of me felt like I had made it. 🙌🔥
Except now, I was working there on my terms.
And as i thought about it after, here are a few things i forgot to remember about dreams that you may consider for yourself:
⭐️Sometimes we have an idea or expectation attached to the where, when or how things will happen in our life. Almost always, those ideas or expectations rarely pan out or they turn out to be totally different...stay flexible and keep moving forward...sometimes the totally different is even better than what you imagined in the first place.
⭐️I've learned that it doesn't matter what path you take, you need to do it on your own terms and what matters more is, what you do with what you've learned.
YOUR way is what's best for you and sometimes you need all the lessons you learned along the way to take you where you are going.
(even when you learn them on the hardest path possible😁)
⭐️You define when you "make it" somewhere. That's an internal thing....not when you make it to a certain milestone. It's a mindset thing, not a destination. I made it where I needed to be long ago and i've made it many times over again....this experience was the icing on the cake and a privilege, our city has some pretty awesome people that work behind the scenes. It's been awesome to work with several groups along the way...each person just gets better and better.
I think sometimes on the path to a goal or dream we forget to remember all the stuff in between. We get caught up in staying focused on where we are going and forget about the journey it took to get there, who we've become because of it and the fact that sometimes, its not even about achieving something, but rather, learning to be proud of who you've become because of the process.
When we pause long enough to remember these things, that's when we'll realize that we've made it, in our own special way.❤️