This year I turned
twenty eight and wrote a book, an eBook, a book nonetheless.
I wrote it because I was
in church one Friday and the Pastor brought to life the topic of the message
that day by asking people who had used their talents to change their condition
to share how they had done so.
An author volunteered
and said she had written a children’s book which was now in high demand. I
remembered that I too wanted to write a book.
I had been reminded.
At the end of the talk,
the charge was for each person to think deeply about what they could do with
what they had to get further ahead. The following Monday would be a public
holiday so it was going to be a long weekend.
I had the time.
Months before, I had penned
my goal to write an eBook. I wanted visitors to my blog to have a freebie and
something personal from me when they visited it.
I had my reason.
I thought of different
things to write about but settled on one. I had worked with a company for two
years, taken a bold step to leave and experienced some things because of my
choices.
I had my story.
I spent a full day
indoors and by the time I was done I had a complete book!
Today I exchanged an
email with the Editor of Femme Lounge who is doing a review of the book.
Reading that what I wrote inspired her with the message that hard work and
determination pays, I went and read the book again to see for myself.
It took an
effort to take myself out of memory lane so I could experience her point of
view instead of reliving my memories. I tasked myself to find what the morale
of the story is for me. It’s a reminder. A
reminder that if I think I can then I should. Whether that is seating in a
room an entire day to write and design an eBook or doing a great job at work or
continuing to pursue a dream whose date of fruition I don't know.
Thinking
those thoughts reminded me that my eBook was once a dream. Four years ago I said I
would write my first book when I turned 28.
I had my dream come true.
Several
events I could not have planned worked together to make it happen. Ambitiously
scribbling in my journal four years ago, a random message I heard in church, an
author’s testimonial, working in one company, reading eBooks and a million
things I can’t call to mind even if I tried.
This profound
realization lends evidence of the existence of another dream come true
in some three years or months or days, who knows?
Today you
visited this blog and read this post and probably went to see what the eBook
was about…
You just got reminded!
Find the
time. Find your reason. Make your dream come true.
