The other day I saw an internet meme that said

It sparked a thought process I wanted to share from Monk Mode/Farm on the Beach.

A process of inquiry and exploration, really.

It *might* even have shifted the focus of the book I’m working on.

Yeah. It was deep.

I just shot a LIVE on Facebook and Instagram, sharing the questions I’ve started to ask myself about LEGACY, PURPOSE, WHAT I’M CREATING and for whom.

I talk about what I think might be the most insidious repressive system in humanity right now, why I feel called to dismantle it and what that might look like.

If you have ever been stopped in your tracks by your inner critic or wondered what your purpose is, this one’s for you.

Use the links below to watch, comment and share:

>> IGTV here.

>> Facebook here.

Head up + heart out,

P.S.: I’m particularly inspired these days by the following excerpt from the Howard University Commencement Speech given a couple of years back by Chadwick Boseman, may his memory and his life’s work be a blessing for generations.

Here’s that quote, and the full speech. It’s worth a watch.

“This day, when you have reached the hilltop and you are deciding on next jobs, next steps, careers, further education, you would rather find purpose than a job or career. 

Purpose crosses disciplines. Purpose is an essential element of you. It is the reason you are on the planet at this particular time in history. Your very existence is wrapped up in the things you are here to fulfill. Whatever you choose for a career path, remember, the struggles along the way are only meant to shape you for your purpose. When I dared to challenge the system that would relegate us to victims and stereotypes with no clear historical backgrounds, no hopes or talents, when I questioned that method of portrayal, a different path opened up for me, the path to my destiny.

When God has something for you, it doesn’t matter who stands against it. God will move someone that’s holding you back away from the door and put someone there who will open it for you if it’s meant for you. I don’t know what your future is, but if you are willing to take the harder way, the more complicated one, the one with more failures at first than successes, the one that has ultimately proven to have more meaning, more victory, more glory then you will not regret it.

Now, this is your time. The light of new realizations shines on you today.”

Tara-Nicholle Nelson, MA, Esq.
Founder + CEO of SoulTour

@taranicholle on FB | TW | IG | LI

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