That’s True, BUT…

I firmly believe that the relationships between mothers and daughters and fathers and sons are sacred. They reach far, far into every other relationship in our life. They determine how we will find and treat a spouse. They determine how we will raise and treat our children. They determine how we will behave in close friendships. They determine how we will make decisions and handle our careers. The relationship with our same-sex parent, good or bad, determines how we approach life…….BUT….

…I also believe that:

There are many examples in the entertainment industry of people that have overcome adversity in their childhoods and made choices that saved not only their careers, but their lives. One might wonder how you do this if you haven't had the role models you needed growing up. Easy. You find people that do whatever it is you have a passion to do and do it right. Then you aline yourself with them. You make a choice to do that. Most people do this naturally after they discover their passion, but yet they still don't succeed because even though they found wonderful craft and career mentors, they still ignore their inner child and the internal turmoil it's causing within. This inner turmoil WILL hold one back in career endeavors. Left to smolder, this turmoil will never let a person emerge and perform in their craft to be the best whatever they have the potential to be.

That "not so great" childhood still has to be attended to and worked on – not offered up as an excuse that that's the reason for not succeeding. Again, it's a choice. Even if you're thirty-plus years old, you make a choice to aline your personal life with people who were successful parents. People who have successfully brought their children up to be good people who are happy, productive members of society.

Somewhere in creating your life you have to include people who can model how to have successful relationships. Successful; not meaning perfect. Far from it. You need people in your life who can handle the crap life showers us with and still stay the course. People who pull each other through the hard times and stay together and teach their children to do the same. Not having these role models in your own family growing up is not an excuse to play the victim and stay stuck where you are. Age does not matter. Your choice does.

It's your choice to look around your life and see who you are surrounded by. Are they people who you would like to become more like or are they people that just keep you stuck in that adversarial childhood you keep blaming for your failures? Think hard on this one. It's your choice. Your inner child will thank you for finally attending to him or her by making some changes in how and with whom you spend your days.

I said it in a post I wrote a few days ago, and I'll say it again:

"We all have a passion within that will propel us forward in life. It is our responsibility to unearth it." ~ Me

Make the choice to do that – both personally as well as professionally. There is no blame – only choice.

And so, as another day goes by, "choice" is the key word, thought and action of the day, and…I have written.

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