I have finally watched "The King's Speech" in these wee hours. I am simultaneously ashamed and delighted - ashamed that it took me so very many years to get around to it; delighted at the bucket of wisdom and inspiration it has doused me with (along with some Queen's English, of course). And then at exactly the time I need to be showered with these things. I am sharing these thoughts, here, with you. I hope they are the same breath of fresh air for you, the spark needed for dying kindling.
You might not be the first choice (or second, for that matter) for what you are doing - according to yourself and the rest of the world. They might have a say in what happens; they might not. They might try to actively prevent you. They might prefer to try and diminish you behind your back. You may find yourself questioning your reasoning and your capabilities daily - without them having to give you any input. AND yet you cannot prevent the passion burning inside you. You cannot completely block out the voice that keeps repeating softly: "If not me, then who?"
Follow that voice, that passion, to whatever scary destination it might be leading you to. No matter what doubt and doubters have to say. It is where you need to be. It is where you are needed.
You might have an instinctual aptitude for something, an instinctual ability so strong that it scares those with the best qualifications and the right connections. Do not rest on this instinctual advantage - hone the skill like you would any other. But then do not be afraid to use it, even in the face of resistance. Do not wait for permission. Do not wait for somebody else to allow you. AND then always use it as your gut - your instinct - tells you to. Do not be unnecessarily limited by pomp and tradition. Do what you know you must, in the way you have been created and moulded to do it.
Embrace what you fear but know to be true about yourself. Do not let anything or anyone stand in your way. Work hard. Work honestly. In this way you will be true to the self God created you to be. And in that truthful living, beauty and change will be allowed into the world...little by little...
You have a voice! AND you have a right to be heard! Now use it!
