FREE YOUR MIND

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I am always amazed at the gifts we hold inside. The more I pursue this journey as an indie author, the more I learn about my own gifts and talents. I have connected with some wonderful people online that have been willing to teach and guide me along every step of the way. For that I will always be grateful. However, the more I travel this road the more that I realize there are so many options I would like to pursue, and my self-diagnosed ADD gets in the way. I have to pull in the reigns to calm myself down and refocus on my original goal...becoming a published fiction author, entertaining women readers with books about real life drama through choices, relationships, and fate.

In this one year alone I have published a book, preparing to release the second, launched a writing business and other projects. Some days I am so frazzled it's all that I can do to keep my head on my shoulders. As a wife, mother, full-time employee, student, and now new entrepreneur I must settle down, organize my thoughts and plans, and take it one step at a time. However, one of the biggest challenges that I have faced is myself. For more than a decade I have been inundated with doubt as to whether or not my gifts and talents would be recognized. Worried about if I would be good enough, comparing myself to others, and constantly holding back. This morning out of the blue my husband asked me "Chelle what problems do you have with yourself?" And I kept it real and told him. He was shocked because in a million years he would have never guessed that I was feeling that. We've been together for 16 years and he knows me better than anyone. But that is not what he expected to hear from me.

He began to talk to me and his basic question was: 
Have society become so cruel that even when blessed with an extraordinary gift you still seem to be ashamed of it because you're more worried about what society will think rather than what your heart tells you. He said that I have been writing forever. Who goes to a meeting and write a story? A writer. Who keeps a box of stories in a room hidden from the world? And one day walk in and see your future husband in the midst of the bed with all these writings all around and have a look of concern on your face. 

I believe that to some extent we all have these hidden insecurities and hidden talents within. But at what point will we be able to give our best if we do not shed those fears and worries? At what point can we be our best for others, if we don't remove ourselves from society's burdens? And at what point can we shine if we don't take off the chains that our own minds have placed upon ourselves. The concept is that if you want people to believe in you, you must first believe in yourself. Just be you.


JUST A PIECE OF THIS WRITER...
C. MICHELLE RAMSEY