The picture above is me during my first trip to Tokyo. While growing up I always had an affinity for Japanese culture, dreaming of getting on a plane and going there. My father urged me to learn a second language, but being the rebellious teenager I was, I never really listened. Even then I had an undying urge to be better, but all I did was dream about what I could do. And though vivid and extraordinary, those dreams did not take manifestation until I put in a little bit of work. What I found funny was that even in my mediocrity I was able to achieve things far beyond what I had dreamed, but I still was a dreamer. I say this to illustrate that I had not committed my being to actualizing any of the things that I thought about. Sure, I put in some work, but I did not thrust my very soul into the actualization of those dreams.

This picture represents more than just a trip to Japan/ It represents the moment when I was on the plane and realized that by committing my everything to achieving the dream to not just go to Japan, but to leave a mark behind when I left to give me a reason to always return, I had truly begin to dream.

So I say this to say that dreaming is just the beginning, initiating those dreams takes you a little further, but committing to those dreams will help you actualize them and turn them into reality. Dream in real time, Live YUME Become TIMELESS

AT ANY TIME YOU MUST BE WILLING TO GIVE UP WHO YOU ARE TO BECOME WHO YOU WANT TO BE. #LIVEYUMEBECOMETIMELESS