Let Go + Show Up = Grow

As a people, as a culture, especially our youth, we sometimes surround ourselves with people and things that do nothing but bring negativity into our world. It's so hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel when there's always someone or something there forcing you to look back at the darkness behind you. It's so hard to see the silver lining in the clouds when there are people and things around you constantly highlighting the rain. And it's even harder to rise up and shine when there people and things whose pull and weight on you is so great that you constantly mistake it as your own baggage or issues.

We like to say that there's nothing holding you back in the world but you. Easier said than fixed, I say. But there are steps to be taken to ensure that your path has less stumbling blocks and fewer back slides. We are a race and a culture whose greatest triumphs have and will continue to come through the face of oppression and adversity. We are a present, living reminder that we are more than what people think and show us to be. We are more. So be more. Do more. Show more. More than just show, show up more.

If you want positivity in your life, if you want growth and change and light and fun and prosperity and purpose and meaning then you must first show up. Take steps to being and doing just those things, those good things, and let go of all the people and things, the "haters and excuses" as you will, that are pulling you or slowing you down.