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Journal #13

July 9, 2008

            It is not easy climbing from a molehill to the top of a mountain, but I am willing to try.

            In January of this year when I first was told that I was one of the six winners of the My Dream Job contest from AARP, I was excited and shocked. Everything was coming up roses, so to speak. Everything was promising, the sky was the limit. I started out on a small molehill. I saw Mt Everest standing lofty and almost insurmountable to climb, but I thought nothing could stop me now. I have drive. I have ambition. I have motivation and I have a pretty good business head as well. Sometimes I feel that I can move mountains with all of the positive things that are happening to me. On the other hand, sometimes, I feel that I have not made much progress, or that the progress is slow in coming .I seem to be stuck trying to figure out what will be my next move onward and upward toward the summit of accomplishing my dream job. My goal is to own and operate an heirloom seed business featuring African American heirloom seeds.

            Thus far with the help of many people, I am making a big dent in all of the obstacles before me. I have found that people are more willing to help me than they are not willing to help me. When I convey my plans to interested parties about my business, most people that I talk to are pleasantly surprised and very encouraging toward my enterprise. The journey is arduous and painstaking. I spend a great deal of my free time working on establishing business contacts, networking, attending business classes and so on. I feel that I am just spinning my wheels sometimes. Other times I feel that I have made the right decisions to move even further ahead toward accomplishing my goals. I run the gambit of emotions both positive and negative when it comes to climbing the summit to success.

            Patience is indeed a virtue that I must continue to seek out and aspire to have, if I will reach the summit. All good things come to those who wait. Rome was not build in a day. I think about all of these pearls of wisdom and sincerely try to apply these things in reference to my goals.

            I read all of the journals of my fellow Dream Job Winners. I am filled with optimism as I see the other five winners climbing their way up their own mountain to reach their mountain top of success. Nothing worth having was ever gotten without working for it. I look forward to meeting all of my fellow Dream Job Winners and their families, the AARP staff and RetirementJobs.com staff and the entire multitude of well wishers who will be attending the Life @50 Convention in Washington, D.C. in September. It is an event that I certainly look forward to attending and participating in as a speaker and as a guest.  The molehill is disappearing. In its place is the paragon of achievement and a fulfillment of My Dream Job.