You Are Your Future!

My dearest readers,

after recently meeting Dr. Auma Obama at a conference I see it as a moral obligation to share the inspirational agenda of her work and venture, not because I told her I would so but because it is perfectly matching the heart and core of this blog. It is, in that sense, not only about getting momentum and pushing yourself and your life forward but further about the awareness of being able to do so, where you believe and eventually know about the opportunities given to you and how you can turn them into greatness; for in the end it is exactly how she phrased and put it: you are your future!

What does it mean to be one’s future? You may go back to the March 2014 post on how we control a big part of our happiness, where our personal strivings are less dependent on circumstances but, in fact, more dependent on what we hold in our hands, on what we hold dear, and how we manage to turn that into something valuable we can benefit from. What is it you hold in your hands? What is it you hold dear? There is no one to answer those questions, no one but you, for there is no one to look inside your heart in order to expose what the values in your life are. It is up to you to discover those values, because you only are able to spur your future, were living in and for the moment is not just a stable entity but one to ignite your future. It is no responsibility for the ones around you, no; but it shall be yours and your priority. It is your life, and your future. You hold it. It is in your hands.

Once you found your “self” and what it holds for you, is it then not up to you to turn it into something valuable? Is it not your duty, your mission to seize and take what is yours? Ask yourself what is vital to your life; moreover, ask yourself: what is in for me? “Use what you have to get what you need” (Auma Obama). Opportunities? They will be given to you, but it is in your hands to grow above yourself and to what is demanded and turn them into greatness, which is nothing less than the reward for your values and what you are capable of; and that starts with believing in your “self,” knowing what you have, who you are, and what you are capable of when it comes to forging your future.

Everybody has something to offer, look at what you have to offer, and have your “self” be(come) the gift that keeps on giving. Appreciate your resources and use them, not only opportunities, but first and foremost your capabilities. Both are assets, assets that can turn your future into greatness. Test yourself, pull yourself up, build yourself up, and don’t wait for someone else to do that for you. There are no peers or companions who hold your future in their hands, they are occupied with holding their own; but there is someone whose hands are perfectly shaped for holding and carrying along a future of abundance, prosperity, and greatness…

You are your future! The crystal ball and all it contains is in your hands. Let those hands be the hands of a working (wo)man with no hesitance to step up, make an effort, and shape and scheme the future (s)he demands. What you demand is what you deserve. Therefore, get up and out there, and use what you have to get what you need. Let your hands be the ones to carry your future, and let your heart make sure there is a future. Your future is calling…ring…ring. Are you going to answer?