go be.

this post is for the graduates. but honestly, i think we can all take a little something from it.

remember in kindergarten, when your teacher asked you what you wanted to be when you grew up? i am pretty sure i said 'britney spears' - but some say an astronaut, some say the president or on the opposite end of the spectrum, an artist. when we are little there are no limits. we are truly fearless. saying that we want to be the first woman president to ever ride a spotted pony on the moon, is not even the slightest bit outlandish. i wish it could stay that way forever. but as we get older, things start to change.

 we get to know reality a bit & our dreams become significantly smaller. suddenly our dreams of becoming the pony riding astronaut president become dreams of becoming a psychologist or a history professor. putting things into perspective & being realistic is a good thing, & don't get me wrong, being an accountant is probably pretty cool, but at what point do we have to stop dreaming big? i guess what I'm trying to say, what I'm trying to encourage you to do is, 

[ d r e a m B I G ] 

don't ever just dream small because it's more achievable. don't ever let someone tell you that your dreams are just too "out there." & definitely don't dream small because that is what your friend is doing. one day, maybe not in my lifetime, & maybe not in yours, but one day, there will be a pony riding astronaut president & she is gonna be able to laugh at all of us who gave up too early on what we really wanted.

 whatever you choose to be, whether its a teacher, a mentor, a florist, a writer, an inventor, an advocate, a mom, a designer, a photographer, a rapper, a psychologist or even britney spears... go BE it. be the best one there has ever been. do it differently than all the others. change the way it's been done. go and be whatever is it you're going to be SO well, that people want to do what you do when they grow up. this is a point in your life where you are once more, limitless. your options are endless. so go and be fearless.

now, i'll ask you again...

what do you want to be when you grow up?

[ congratulations to the graduating class of 2014. you did it. I'm so proud of you all! now go change the world. love you. ]