What makes your Heart Sing?

What makes your Heart Sing?

If money, time, and education weren't issue what would you do with rest of your life?

What did you want to be when you grew up? Think back to when you were a child. What were your hopes, and dreams? Did you want to be an artist? A writer? A singer? A dancer?

All your childhood hopes and dreams can truly help you live the life of your dreams. What was your favorite thing to do as a child? What made your heart sing?

My favorite thing to do as a child was to play school. I loved teaching my imaginary class. I would stand up in front of my make believe class, take attendance, give tests, and teach. I loved playing school. My second love was writing. From the time I learned to write I was writing stories and making books out of construction paper. I would read these books to my pretend students.

Then I grew up and got married, had my children and forgot about the dreams of my youth. Then one day I was reading a book and when I wasn't happy with the way the book ended. I decided I could write a better ending. So I sat down and wrote a better ending. I've always been a stickler for a happy ending or "happily ever after".

Everyday after I put my two children on the school bus I would spend my days writing. The stories just poured. I was amazed at just how many stories came to me. Writing made my heart sing!

Then I had my third child and put my writing aside to raise her, and by now I was working full time after many years of being a stay at home mom. I forgot all about my writing. I felt unfullfilled but didn't know why. I had a wonderful husband, three great kids, yet I felt like there was something missing in my life.

A life altering event caused me to review my life, and ask myself, What am I going to do with the rest of my life? Then one day I heard someone say "Do what makes your heart sing?"
Hmmm...what makes my heart sing? I thought about my hopes and dreams of my childhood.

I started writing again. I felt so inspired and wrote a book for my youngest daughter. I kept writing tucking away all my stories in a tote. As much as I loved writing I felt drawn to go to college. A dream I had put on the shelf, when I got married young. I knew college would always be option later. So I didn't regret my decision.

So at 40 I started college. I'm now happily a teacher, one of my dreams from childhood. I'm also writing again. The stories still flow and I know its only a matter of time before I'm a published author!

Doing what makes your heart sing is amazing ~ my heart sings ~ Let your heart sing too!