We were all created and endowed with the ability to take off from the airstrip of failure, limitations and nightmares and to fly to the airport of success, dreams, fulfillment and greatness. But sadly, many of us continue to circle around for ages in a runway of regrets, victim mentality, wrong choices, nightmares, excuses and depression.
And what we really need is a spark of inspiration that will enable us to start the engine of creativity by learning to position ourselves to take off. It is for this reason that I have decided to present you with these inspiration doughnuts, which I believe will serve as a traffic controller in your life. A traffic controller that will encourage, challenge and inspire the pilot within you (mind) to increase the speed and take off. There is no better way to start the flight than with the following words: Permission granted:
The day you were born, you were given permission to succeed, permission to dream about where you want to be, permission to rise against all odds, permission to walk in hope in a road marked hopelessness, permission to live in abundance when everybody is battling scarcity, permission to love when everybody around you is sounding hateful, permission to keep trying even when you have hit brick walls.
Permission to be creative when everybody is embracing routine, permission to stand out when everybody is fitting in, permission to visualize the future when everybody is caught up in the past, permission to blossom when everybody around is withering, permission to live when everybody is existing, permission to live by faith when everybody is struggling through fear and facts.
Permission to grow up when everybody is aging, permission to be optimistic when everybody is drowning in pessimism, permission to start all over again when everybody is quitting, permission to learn when everybody is complaining, permission to love yourself unconditionally when everybody around is despising you, permission to be constructive when everybody is destructive, permission to seek your purpose when everybody is living in confusion.
Permission to pursue your own dream when everybody is contributing to another man’s dream, permission to be decisive when everybody around you is undecided, permission to become a leader when others prefer to be followers, permission to be original when everybody prefers to be a photo copy, permission to take off when everybody is grounded in fear and familiarity.
Permission to be part of the solution when everybody is complaining and contributing to the problem, permission to live positively in a world dominated by negativity, permission to make positive headlines when others prefer to read them and permission to be celebrated when others are contend with being tolerated.
NB: As you feast on the book, take note that these are not poems but inspiration doughnuts filled with a poetic cream.