Wanna know a secret? Come in close....I didn't want to do this. AT ALL.
Live my true life, that is.
And then one day -- everything changed and now I LOVE my life. What happened?
I'll tell you but we have to start from the beginning...
'We'll call her 'Unique Beautiful Leader'
...my dear parents said with high hopes for their firstborn (fortunately, in the rich languages of Urdu and Arabic, my name is Shazia Imam). Truth is, I was more like 'Confused Stuck Follower' for the greater portion of my life.
Don't get me wrong, on the outside, everything looked great. I did everything right.
What happened next rocked my world.
I lost my darling son at birth and my marriage unraveled thereafter. It’s as though everything I wanted was withering away -
more like stomped on, incinerated and then thrown out with the next day's trash
- and I was left on my own.
Was it tough? Uh, yeah. Yet there was something inside of me that was still hopeful. Hopeful that better things were to come....
And wow, did they! Sometimes it really takes
The Divine pushing you off the cliff to be who you are meant to be in this world.
So as I thought I was falling into a deep abyss, I realized I was actually soaring and had an Einstein epiphany.
The formula for all things wonderful is:
Trust + Being your (hot) Self = Loving Life
Trust - trusting that things will be OK and in fact great! Letting go and trusting that everything is happening for your benefit. You don't have to worry, control it all, or bear the burden. Life can be easy, if you let it. To be willing to see what is possible if you let things flow. (ok, ok, I know it's easier said than done but trust me on the trust).
Being Your Self - you ARE unique and that's awesome so why be anything else? In discovering who you are, your purpose and deepest desires, and getting clear on what you want, great things can't help but come into your life. Yes, you have full permission to be authentic (aka, be you...the imperfectly, perfect you).
Loving Life - I totally am and you can too! Life is better than I ever thought possible - with more love, wealth and happiness - and I'm grateful each and every day for that.
Thank God I accepted the call to Live my Life so I could Love it (ok, not that I had a choice anyways!)
The story doesn't end here for me and I hope is the beginning for you...
And then one day -- everything changed and now I LOVE my life. What happened?
I'll tell you but we have to start from the beginning...
'We'll call her 'Unique Beautiful Leader'
...my dear parents said with high hopes for their firstborn (fortunately, in the rich languages of Urdu and Arabic, my name is Shazia Imam). Truth is, I was more like 'Confused Stuck Follower' for the greater portion of my life.
Don't get me wrong, on the outside, everything looked great. I did everything right.
- Model engineering student
- 'Successful job’ at the largest consulting firm in the world
- Married a great guy
- Mapped out the perfect suburban life.
- Picked out the house I wanted in the perfect zip code.
- Got pregnant
What happened next rocked my world.
I lost my darling son at birth and my marriage unraveled thereafter. It’s as though everything I wanted was withering away -
more like stomped on, incinerated and then thrown out with the next day's trash
- and I was left on my own.
Was it tough? Uh, yeah. Yet there was something inside of me that was still hopeful. Hopeful that better things were to come....
And wow, did they! Sometimes it really takes
The Divine pushing you off the cliff to be who you are meant to be in this world.
So as I thought I was falling into a deep abyss, I realized I was actually soaring and had an Einstein epiphany.
The formula for all things wonderful is:
Trust + Being your (hot) Self = Loving Life
Trust - trusting that things will be OK and in fact great! Letting go and trusting that everything is happening for your benefit. You don't have to worry, control it all, or bear the burden. Life can be easy, if you let it. To be willing to see what is possible if you let things flow. (ok, ok, I know it's easier said than done but trust me on the trust).
Being Your Self - you ARE unique and that's awesome so why be anything else? In discovering who you are, your purpose and deepest desires, and getting clear on what you want, great things can't help but come into your life. Yes, you have full permission to be authentic (aka, be you...the imperfectly, perfect you).
Loving Life - I totally am and you can too! Life is better than I ever thought possible - with more love, wealth and happiness - and I'm grateful each and every day for that.
Thank God I accepted the call to Live my Life so I could Love it (ok, not that I had a choice anyways!)
The story doesn't end here for me and I hope is the beginning for you...
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