Architect

You can create beautiful works of art throughout the design of the house. I have seen embossed leather wallpaper in a study with dark wood bookshelves and a large fireplace that made me want to live in that room. I have seen such grand staircases that you wanted to dress up like Scarlet O’Hara and come down the staircase to make a grand entrance.

As an architect you can use your imagination and create a life that has never been lived in the past, and will never be lived in the future. You can make a difference, not just in the small circle of people that you live with and around, but you can make a difference to the whole world.

Look at some of the medical advances, that were dreamed up because someone wanted to cure their mom or dad or sibling or spouse. Vaccinations that have saved millions of lives. We are all here for some reason. You may think that your gift is a small thing. But your gift has a reason for being in the world at this moment. You are here as part of the picture, and without you the picture will be incomplete.

I have heard several of the contestants on The Voice (listening for when my neice finally!! is on the show) say that singing is the only thing that saved them. There was an example of a girl with something wrong with her brain that couldn’t talk and singing somehow fixed the damage; the boy who was obese and bullied who found solace in singing; and how singing was the only thing that pulled another boy through depression when both of his parents had illnesses that took their lives. Now they are sharing the gift that saved them with the world. And somewhere in the world, someone is going to be saved through their own unique gift because they now know it is possible.

So be the architect of your future.  Don’t let what has happened to you in your past stop you from living the life of your dreams. Somewhere in the world is someone who needs to hear your story and know what is possible for their own lives. Your people are waiting for you to step up, don’t keep them waiting forever.