Gail Life wisdom: View from my window

Meredith Allan──在 Marina del Rey, California 。View from my window Sep. 29, 2021

Photo taken from my window in Marina Del Rey, California USA. My entire LIFE I sat waiting.  Wishing and hoping someday...I'd have a view.  Someday I would be able to afford to live in California on the waterfront and live my dream.  I was terrified of failure, earthquakes, and being alone.  I wanted to have a husband and kids.  But was always working long hours and often put my dating life on the back burner.  I had a story the timing was never right. Sound familiar? We all have dreams, and obstacles and stories that hold us BACK! What if every challenge we have had this year was a gift? 
Here's what I know for sure. There is no perfect time. No one is coming to save you. You'll never be rich enough, skinny enough, or READY! Your stories...just like mine are actually excuses. To play small. The only thing holding you back is YOU and sitting in fear is a choice. I knew it when I saw this view I had to have it.  I have been through a shitty marriage,  scary finances,  losing my dad to a horrific cancer. And I had every reason to tuck my California dream away.  But I put my big girl pants on. And I decided. I surrender.  I could be freezing my buns off in my hometown surrounded by family and friends or I COULD GO FOR IT ANYWAY This year during the madness I was was heartbroken when I was personally attacked by people who I thought were friends, and stretched beyond what I thought were my limits in EVERY WAY. But I never quit. I never gave up on my dream to leave my cold hometown and move to sunny California and have this view! Never EVER stop dreaming! Whatever you your dream is, action has magic power and grace in it! Your goals and dreams are possible!  This is my view, life, and story and I am here to share the 
It's never EVER to late...to take a step closer to change your view