TAKING OWNERSHIP OF YOUR DREAMS

Hello my Blogging Family,

I sure hope you feel as alive as I do right now. Television is not a past time in my life, but on Sunday night I turned on my television to the OWN channel and watched Oprah Prime. The first interview was she and Kevin Hart. Kevin Hart was in tears at Madison Square Garden because he realized that his dream had been manifested. He was talking about his mother, his long journey, and after 18 years of being in the business, how it took everything he had to get to where he is today. He talked about not being good in school and how he tried hard to get a C average in High School and how he went to college and realized that wasn't for him either. The statement that made me cry and has stuck with me the most, is when he stated that, "Success is what happens when dreamers persevere." I have always been a big dreamer but lately I have felt like my dreams have died. I have tried so many things over the years and nothing has worked out. So idea after idea, that didn't materialize, I found myself losing all hope and just accepting that this is my life now because I was too old to have my dreams come true.

Her next interview was with Pharrell Williams. Pharrell was also in tears, talking about how he was at his lowest when he wrote the song "Happy", for Despicable Me 2. He called it, "a crazy half- court shot, where you just swish, and it's not because you're that good, it's because you're all out of ideas. You hit zero and that's what happened and I just hit a place of openness because I had nothing else left." He could not have expressed my feelings more accurately at the moment I heard those words. This is when tears really began to flow. As I began to no longer hear with my ears, but to listen with my heart, I felt my inner-self come alive, and at that very moment ( as the tears began to run down my cheeks) I took OWNERSHIP of my dream and passion that I've had all of my life; "I am a Professional Seamstress, Designer, Trainer, and Coach/Consultant". (With no continued education in the field of Fashion & Design) Like Kevin Hart, I just know what I know. It was in that moment of confession, that I began to feel something that I've never felt before. My fingers began to tingle, as I imagined a piece of fabric in my hands. I began to hold it, caress it, and shape it, as I watched it take form into something so beautiful in my mind's eye. I could see garments, that were once loved by their owners, no longer appealing, and suddenly in my hands it takes on a new life all of it's own.

For so long now I have felt like I had no more to give to life and society. I would sew but not as much nor as often. I felt that I had gotten too old and definitely, too beaten down by trying and never reaching my desired success of my dreams. I just knew that since I didn't get the success I was seeking for in my younger years, due to many of life's obstacles, challenges and mishaps, at 61, I would never get there. I have always been an entrepreneur who believed in the power of her dreams and aspirations. I have done many things in my life that I loved, but sewing, designing, creating ,and bringing fabric to life has always been my GREATEST love and  passion. Kevin and Pharrell's  interviews were very enlightening and inspiring to me. They rekindled a fire in me that had all but died.

I have decided that the world may never know of me nor my gift that I have to offer, but because of the interviews and the stories that Kevin and Pharrell shared, they have changed my life forever. I now know that Success is not about material gain but personal fulfillment and reaching the goals that you set for yourself.

I know that there are others out there like me, who are feeling as I felt....lost with no more to give. There are people who aren't college graduates, but like myself, Kevin Hart and Pharrell Williams, YOU have a god-given talent and just know what you know. I am here to say NEVER GIVE UP on YOU. I believe that success stories like these need to be heard by more people who fall down but get back up through someone else's inspiration.

I know that the internet is my open door to success in this modern day age. There is nothing that I can't do if I put my whole body, mind and spirit to it and just let it flow. Please stop and take the time to go to Oprah.com and click on Oprah Prime and listen to their interviews. "Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind..." Go ahead and get your mind renewed. Somebody, please tell Oprah to just keep it coming.

So for whatever it's worth, Here I come to showcase my gift, and my profession to the WORLD. I want to personally say, Thank You; to Oprah Winfrey, Kevin Hart and Pharrell Williams for the interviews, because I will embrace where ever my gift takes me.        

Bren.............The Matriarch

LISTEN TO YOUR INNER-SELF

Good morning,

It's such a lovely day today, and it's FRIDAY. Everything that happened up to this moment good or bad was yesterday. Today is what I will focus on, living in the beauty of the moment. Take time to check out the living things around you and embrace it with every breath you take because you don't hold the next moment nor tomorrow, in your hands. Tomorrow is a mystery but I can hope for it today.

"A time of quietude brings things into proportion and gives us strength. We all need to take time from the busyness of living, even if it be ten minutes to watch the sun go down or the city lights blossom against a cannoned sky."

"We listen to much to the telephone and we listen too little to nature. The wind is one of many sounds. A lonely sound, perhaps, but soothing. Everybody should have his personal sound to listen for sounds that will make him or her exhilarated and alive, or quiet and calm.... As a matter of fact, one of the greatest sounds of them all-and to me it is a sound- is utter, complete silence."

This passage was stated by AndreKostelanetz, Conductor.

Try doing this daily until it becomes a part of what you do. It is nature's way of telling you to slow down and enjoy the moments...... which are fleeting.

Brenda....... The Matriarch

I'M BIGGER THAN THIS CHALLENGE

Good morning Everyone.

I hope that you enjoyed your weekend. Mine was great. I was spending time with my family and that is always great for me.

So.... it's been over a month since you last heard from us. Our desire is that we post daily, but sometimes we are so busy in our own lives, that we can't seem to get around to everything we desire to do. But let me apologize, because we will be doing better. :-) Hang in here with us.

My statement for you today is, " Failure is not an OPTION." There are so many challenges that we continue to face day after day. So as you began your day and attempt to do the task that is set before you, no matter who it comes through, what the challenge is, when it's to be completed, or where it may be, Tell yourself, "I can do all things through Christ that strengthened me", because failure is not an option.

Sometimes challenges are given to us by our bosses, parents, husbands, wives, etc.. Don't get upset and all bent out of shape, and cause your spirit or your attitude to change. Instead, tell yourself I'm bigger than this challenge. I can do this! I am not waiting for inspiration; I am the Inspiration!

You don't need to be motivated, inspired, or overjoyed by something, in order to go ahead and do it. You can complete even unpleasant challenges under less-than-ideal conditions. Remember this: There is always a LESSON before EVERY BLESSING!!! (Yours Truly) Have a great day all.

#GetItDoneWithJoy
#Don'tLetNothinStealYourBlessing

Brenda.........................The Matriarch