When I was reading the book “Start With Why” by Simon Sinek, I got me pondering why I would want to start my own foundation and it’s women empowerment.
I’m not the smartest or most talented or most beautiful woman; but one thing I do have is a healthy dose of self-esteem. I believe that once you believe in yourself, are able to dream and devise a plan, then you can achieve whatever it is that you want to achieve.
The issue with my why is there are other nonprofit organizations that have that same tagline so for me to differentiate myself I had to dig deeper to discover more about my own personal cause. I have a passion for helping people and it is something that I think I was born with. I always think about other people’s needs before my own and I have to try really hard to make myself consider and care about myself.
This was proven to me when I had two dreams in the space of one night and they were both about helping people. When I was in 2nd or 3rd year, I had two dreams. I can’t remember the second dream but I remember the first one quite well. Someone left a baby on my doorstep, like they do in the movies and at the time I was still in university and living on campus. When I saw the baby I think I tried to find the mother but there were no identifying markers so I decided that I would raise the child by myself even though I was still in school and I didn’t have a job. Those reasons didn’t stop me from wanting to help the baby, though. I told one of my friends about the dreams I had and she told me that in both dreams, I was helping people. That was 7-8 years ago. Since then, I have been observing how my brain operates, and my natural instincts and it’s usually to help people. More specifically, I found I really wanted to help women and children in particular (More on the specifics of this later).
People are my why. I believe in helping people move the obstacles in the way of achieving their dreams. I believe that everybody has a purpose and everyone was put on earth for a reason. My goal or aim in life is to help as many people as possible to believe enough in themselves to dream; not just dream but actually take steps toward making it a reality.
Once again remember I was not a great student; I’m not the most beautiful girl; I can be lazy; I have other flaws but that’s not important right now. What matters is believing enough in yourself despite the reasons you give yourself not to. I am currently in my head and very afraid to go after this dream and begin it because all I keep hearing are the reasons not to try. The voice of the fear of failure is very loud right now. But my why, my cause, my reasons are what will keep me going. They are what is going to make me ensure that this dream becomes a reality.
Mira Writes 