Today
celebrates the birthday of two people that lived very public lives which many
saw as heroes. One is the contralto opera singer Marian Anderson who was born
February 17, 1902 and the other, basketball star Michael Jordan born February
17, 1963.
Unlimited Possibilities
Though they both had very different types of careers, one making magic with her voice and the other, making hoop tricks on the basketball court, what I think they had in common was purpose, belief and trusting in possibilities of achieving something greater than themselves.
Anderson
said, "if you have a purpose in which you can believe, there's no end to
the amount of things you can accomplish." How true are her words when you think about life and goals and attaining them?
Purpose
Purpose
In
short, this post is just to encourage to keep pushing, to keep climbing
mountains, to keep pressing forward, and to encourage you to never let go of
what is important to you as an individual to accomplish. It is weird but I find
inspiration just by doing what I love to do. I finally understand the meaning of encouraging yourself.
Passion does that. I think it was passion that drove Anderson and Jordan to be who they were destined to become to the world.
Passion does that. I think it was passion that drove Anderson and Jordan to be who they were destined to become to the world.
Passion
I
had an opportunity to collaborate on a tune with a very talented rapper that
goes by the name Keez Hip Hop and a great male singer, Melly G. Please check
out our song together entitled Passion which features an excerpt from my
original tune Fresh 16. It is one of the many tunes on my Soundcloud
page. Here is the link: https://soundcloud.com/stephanay-jnote/passion-by-keezhiphop-featuring-melly-g-and-stephanie-jeannot
The Year to Yes
Do you watch Grey's Anatomy or Scandal or How to Get Away With Murder? All three shows makeup what is considered Thank God it's Thursday and all shows are amazing works of Shonda Rhimes.
Rhimes wrote an incredible book entitled Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person, and if you have not read it, I encourage you to check it out. What a great book in which she discusses the road that lead to her success. She followed her passion to become the individual who holds Thursday nights on ABC down.
This book is a quick read featuring just over 300 pages. I love the way she writes, adding all of herself into it. And as I flipped through the pages, I found many of the characters found in her popular series embedded in her personality. Check it out for yourself!
Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and if you click on the link to the Shonda Rhimes book and purchase it, I will be compensated through the affiliate program.
