In this episode of Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary, I talk about my encounter with a poem entitled, “The Girl Who Was Afraid To Be” by Nikita Gill (@nikita_gill) via @kathyvioleta_’s profile page on Instagram.

After reading this poem, I was IMMEDIATELY inspired to write my own version of what I would consider to be a comeback and continuation of the scenario that took place in the poem.

As a result of what I read by Nikita, I decided to name my piece, “Finding a Reason to Step Into Our Being.”

| Talking Points |

2:16 - When do we first remember finding our voice?

3:32 - Leverage social media for social change…

5:14 - Message > Medium…

7:23 - When we are broken, it is not over…

8:05 - (Reading) “The Girl Who Was Afraid To Be…”

9:03 - Why apologize for speaking about what we love?

10:18 - What does our comeback entail?

10:46 - (Reading) “Finding a Reason to Step Into Our Being…”

11:47 - Find a reason to step into our being…

12:45 - How are we in tune with ourself?

13:42 - Create the space. Create the time. Stay in tune with who we are…

15:27 - Who are we today? Who are we capable of being tomorrow? What are we doing to close that gap?

16:40 - (Self) discover. (Re) discover…

19:05 - Let’s continue to uplift…

In this episode of Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary, I talk about the importance of self-accountability, leadership, and morality.

| Talking Points |

6:54 - Why should we continue to uphold systems that protect people who intentional bring harm to others?

8:43 - How might we measure someone’s moral compass?

In this episode of Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary, I talk about how I revisited a quote by Mike Smith (@mikesmithlive) in which he mentioned, “stay rooted in love.” As soon as I heard this quote, the following question came to mind, “Is our lack of love our real war?”

| Talking Points |

4:18 - Timing is critical...

5:18 - Is our lack of love our real war?

6:15 - Differences without dialogue... 

7:30 - Why do we yearn for power?

8:35 - Competition and performance…

10:48 - It’s important that we love ourselves…

12:02 - How do we ask ourselves the right questions?

13:01 - What do people appreciate us for?

15:29 - Stay rooted in love…

17:18 - Understand the possibilities of misunderstanding…

18:11 - Time and effort help to bring about resolution…

18:49 - Be humble. Practice humility.

In this episode of Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary, I talk about how my attention span for comfort has always been considerably less than my attention span for challenge.

| Talking Points |

3:19 - Comfort never made me tick…

7:24 - My mission is to change lives…

9:03 - Comfort provides me with the time to reflect…

9:36 - I believe in the integration of work and play…

13:57 - Great teams consist of different players who bring different skill sets to the table…

In this episode of Love + Ambition: A Digital Diary, I address the following questions, "Do mistakes happen on purpose?" and "Are there underlying, intentional, and purposeful elements which we are meant to learn from which enable "mistakes" to happen?"