“They Gone Love Me For My Ambition…Easy To Dream A Dream, But It’s Harder To Live It”...
When I heard Wale say this line on his “Ambition” record/album a few months ago, all sorts of ideas about a blog post entered my mind. I’m a few months behind on writing this but I’m a lover of all things that scream ambition (hence my self-proclaimed title: MzAmbitious); so I needed to say a few things. First things, first…”They gone love ‘me’ for ‘my’ ambition.” These words speak volumes to the overall reception that I’ve received thus far from my family, friends, and acquaintances over the last few years. I haven’t been a model citizen or done things in effort to receive praise; I just set out to live a life that satisfies and challenges me. Most importantly, I set out to make myself proud of who I am and what I do and I’ve been blessed enough to be fairly successful. The powers that be may call it ambition but I just call it being me. For being ambitious, I’m rewarded by the love and support of people who either believe in me or believe in what I stand for. The thought of people showing me love or admiration for doing the things that I enjoy doing, things that make me happy, and things I’d do for little to no financial gain never crossed my mind. In fact I’ve had thoughts that are sometimes opposite from that. I’d think that people either disapprove of my necessity to be driven by my desires/passions or label me a dreamer/unrealistic. Luckily for me I’ve had more positive than negative feedback/reception of my ambitious lifestyle/choices (Probably due to the fact that this is only the beginning of my journey. Either way, I’m thankful for time to develop tough skin for the when I need it). If opinions of disapproval or doubt are or will enter the thoughts of some people's mind (even the unconscious/secret thoughts of those that appear to be ‘supporters’); I always keep my friends self-confidence and motivation around to silence or disregard these opinions and allows me to persevere. The great thing about being ambitious is that accomplishing your goals or trying to make your dreams a reality requires so much focus and demands so much of your time that you don’t have any left to worry about other opinions. (Especially the negative or pessimistic opinions :0)...Other people’s opinions bring me to the second part of the quote: “Easy to dream a dream, but it’s harder to live it.” I think this is what every person who’s ever negatively/pessimistically/hatefully criticized or considered vocalizing these kind of thoughts to someone should think about. This quote represents the difference between a dreamer and an ambitious person: one ponders ideas/thoughts and the other acts on them. Dreaming is the easy part; but acting on those dreams can be next to impossible. Ambitious people are their worst critics and hardest on themselves so no extra non-constructive critics are necessary. Ambition has many rewards but it also can bring a lot of hardship/struggle and disappointment. It’s already hard to live your dreams and act on your ideas/passions/goals; why make it harder by criticizing, being pessimistic or hating the person that dared to do it? My point: even if living a dream is hard and negative people make it harder and having/keeping your ambitious is a challenge; when it’s all said and done the people that respect ambition/drive/a hustler/a grinder will love you for embodying it or striving to be what/who you wanted to be. (Once ambitious people succeed even the naysayers/pessimist/haters must respect and love you for it too). More important than people loving you for your ambition is you loving yourself for it. (I love me some me!) …
P.S. Just because ambitious people don’t usually lack in the motivation department doesn’t mean they don’t need it from others…and just letting the ambitious’ be just that is effortless; don't dim their light… I encourage everyone to try it…In hopes that you’d make the plight of MzAmbitious and others alike a little less difficult… but if not, we’ll preserve… We wouldn’t be ambitious if we couldn’t!
