You

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful girl named You. You had a lot of dreams she wanted to follow, You had a lot of goals she wanted to achieve, You wanted to make her parents so proud by achieving her goals and becoming a successful woman.

One day You told her friends about her dreams, they laughed at her and said: “You is crazy, You is day dreaming”. You felt so bad and she felt like giving up. One day she stood in front of her mirror and whispered to her reflection: “You can do it”. What she did not notice is that at the same time she told her reflection that You can do it, her reflection also said that. She again looked at herself but this time she said: “I will start tomorrow”.

The next day her friend asked her to accompany her to the mall. Forgetting what she said yesterday, You went with her friend to the mall, enjoyed her day and again told herself that she will start tomorrow. Her parents are now dead, her mirror broke because it got sad as she did not keep the promises she made in front it. Her friends are still dissing her saying “You is crazy, You is daydreaming” and You is still telling herself that she will start tomorrow.

OK, the You in this story is none other than the You you know, the You who is reading this now, the You who is making the same mistake by telling yourself that you will do it tomorrow. Stop breaking your mirror’s heart by standing in front of it and feeding it fake promises about yourself!

Don’t you think your mirror will be so happy if you tell it “I can do it”, go out there do it and come back to it saying “I did it”? Tomorrow will always be tomorrow, so reserving your plans for tomorrow when today is offering you a chance is a very big risk. The only thing you know about tomorrow is what date and day it will be, not how it will be, so why not take advantage of today and achieve what you want to do tomorrow?

For every dream you want to follow, there is limited time attached to it. That time is now and it’s not on your side. The more you keep saying “I will do it tomorrow”, the more time and chance you give to those who think you are daydreaming to laugh at you. Be a goal achiever! Be a dream chaser! Be a success! Use the inspiration around you and become an inspiration to the people around you. Let your achievements speak louder than your plans!

You have a lot of goals to achieve, a lot of dreams to follow, a lot of missions to accomplish, but how are you going to achieve such things if you keep telling yourself you will do it tomorrow? You have a lot of people to inspire, but how are you going to inspire those people if you keep saying you will do it tomorrow?

You have your parents and family to make proud, but how are you going to make them proud of you if you keep saying you will do it tomorrow? Your time to shine, achieve and inspire is now!

So stand up for your dreams and achieve them now. For your dreams sake, believe there is no tomorrow and embrace today as the only day you have to achieve your goals.

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