Amidst all the strategic planning and goal setting, the HEART for implementation is an essential element to a successful outcome. You won’t last if your heart is not into it. And communication is vital in making sure that the purpose for doing so reaches everyone.

Understand your unique passion. Act on it. Success in it is freedom to do what is meaningful and it requires a commitment to make important things happen. There is no satisfaction in being anything less.

Say NO even when it’s not popular? Truth stands on evidence but since it does not pay respect to our egos, we sometimes choose the opinion of the majority. We find our actions based on the conventional wisdom of the community. Stick with what you know is right.

We are gifted with life to make life more fulfilling for others. We cannot but make a conscious choice to be grateful by paying it forward to others. Play a vital role and be part of the tapestry called life.

Have you been given a chance to make life more fulfilling for others? This life- changing agent called HOPE catapults us to move forward and contribute in making the world a better place to live in. We can and we must.

How? Follow the voice within such that it creates a sense of inner peace. A truly meaningful life follows the moral precepts dictated by the conscience. It is not blind obedience but it is affirming our connection with God.

Our lives are so rich, they can not be summarized into a single statement. Each of us is a brother or a sister to a sibling, a lover to a partner or a husband to a wife, a colleague in a professional endeavor, a believer of faith, a member of a sociology or civic organization. We try to respond to each one as the priority arises. We don’t ignore a certain area of our life because we are busy with the other. Balance is attending to various concerns, knowing fully well that life is not calling us to give equal attention to everything.

An enthusiastic person attracts the attention of people because he rises above the crowd. He is different. He mobilizes the rest of the community and brings us where the action is. “Where to?” is the question we should ask ourselves. We each have our own advocacies and role to play.

Entitlement among millennials today is the product of the previous generation. Our parents believe that it is their responsibility to ensure their children’s welfare. They get out of their comfort zones to get things done for their children to succeed.