PARENTS: DESTINY is calling… Will YOU Answer? by Dr. Deborah Tillman

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Destiny is not something you wish or hope for. It is something you believe is meant to be. As I see it, we have three choices when Destiny Calls. First, we can choose NOT TO ANSWER. Motivational speaker, Les Brown said the richest place on earth is the graveyard because it is there that you will find hopes and dreams that were never fulfilled, the books that were never written, the songs that were never sung, the inventions that were never shared and the cures that were never discovered simply because someone was too afraid to fail so instead of running the risk of failing they didn’t try at all.

It is true that there is nothing to fear but fear itself. Fear holds us back from living the life God  intended for us to live. Life doesn’t happen when the alarm clock rings, life happens when we
wake up and realize that we still have a PURPOSE and that our past doesn’t dictate our future and our current situation doesn’t equal our permanent destination. We have to know that BEST
is our Birthright and that we were BORN TO WIN.

The second choice we have when Destiny calls is to put it on Call Waiting Destiny is calling US but we WAIT for someone else to answer the call. We expect someone else to fix what is broken, to mend what’s been wounded or to change what is not working. It is time to stop expecting others to come and save our children, families and communities. It is time to get out of our comfort zones and stop settling
for safe. Destiny does not call us to be comfortable. Destiny calls us to be committed to something greater than ourselves. My life and your life is suppose to make the lives of others better simply because WE WERE BORN.

Finally, when Destiny calls the last choice we have is to simply Answer the call. We have a legacy to leave to our children and our children’s children. The car we drove, the clothes we wore or the square footage of our homes will not determine that legacy. It will be determined by every life we touched, every tear we dried, every smile we shared, and every heart we held. You and I were born for such a time as this and encoded in our DNA is the millionaire mind of Madame CJ Walker,
The scientific hands of George Washington Carver
The strength of Sojourner Truth
The persistence of Mary McLeod Bethune
The voice of Marian Anderson
The passion of Barbara Jordan
The leadership of Dorothy Height
The character of Dr. Maya Angelou
Going with us are the values and principles of hard work, humility, self-reliance and respect for all people, kindness, empathy, faith and love knowing that in the end our DESTINY WAS WORTH FIGHTING FOR
Learn more at about Dr. Tillman via her at www.deborahltillman.com and follow her on Twitter @deborahltillman


WORTH FIGHTING 

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