“Sometimes the Prettiest People do the Ugliest Things”

What motivates you? Being both naturally inquisitive and observant along with one of my degrees having been shaped around the concept of why we do the things we do, this is something I question each day.

When I used to tell my significant other the things girls would do to me, he would simply yet wisely inform me of the only two reasons most people do hurtful things. They’re insecure or they’re jealous. It doesn’t get any more basic than that.

With that being said,  I am constantly examining what is currently motivating my actions, or even my inaction at times. Do I feel I am working towards my fullest potential, squeezing the most out of each day? Or just passing time with the expectation that things will change if I wait long enough?

Dennis Peer once said: “One measure of leadership is the caliber of people who choose to follow you.” In the same respect, I feel the people one surrounds themselves with, speaks volumes about their character.

I have been so incredibly fortunate to have stumbled upon the strongest group of diverse women that I am proud to call my friends, women from all parts of the world. When I am in their company there are no pretenses, catty remarks or attempts to one up the person in the next chair. I see genuine smiles on their faces when something good happens to me, I belong without trying.

Tomorrow is my orientation for BostonCares – a non-profit volunteer organization and I feel more excited for this opportunity than I have been about anything in quite some time. Its time to feel the rush, brush the dangerous (LG), I never feel more satisfied than when I’m being severely challenged.

People often ask me why I endure one thing in particular about my life that is habitual and sometimes unbearably painful. My answer is always the same, “Because there is something greater than myself that makes it worthwhile.”

If anyone were to follow in my footsteps, I’d hope to make it an unforgettable journey.