Inspiration

As-salaam all,

This past week I attended an event at Allan Gray where the guest speaker was Richard Wright. My first reaction was … not another motivational speaker. What I did not know is that Richard is a three times stage 4 brain cancer survivor who has successfully completed 6 Iron Man Triathlon. (wow…. just wow)http://www.iamrichardwright.com/

 

Listening to him speak I am in awe, here is a human being that has literally been told he only had 6 months to live but because he would not or could not accept it, he decided to change his way of thinking and completed 6 Iron Man triathlon. Side note: An Ironman Triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC), consisting of a 2.4-mile (3.86 km) swim, a 112-mile (180.25 km) bicycle ride and a marathon 26.22-mile (42.20 km) run, raced in that order. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironman_Triathlon

How amazing is this man…here is a man that has finished one of the worlds most challenging one-day sporting events while being on his cancer treatment. The manner in which he brings across his journey gets me thinking about my own.

I’ve done the same routine day in and day out (wake up, work, home, see to the kids, sleep, repeat), for a long time. I did not realize that I needed a change until I heard him speak. 

I ask myself what do I want from my life?

I want: to be happy, my kids to be happy, my family to be happy, to live in a world that is safe, to be rich and prosperous. 

Looking at the above, I am sure that is what every person reading this blog wants from life. 

But… how do we get all of this?

More thinking on my side and I realize most of these things I have, Alhamdulilah. I am happy and thankful for it. I have a family that I adore and I would move heaven and earth for. My boys are happy, how do I know this? They laugh a lot like the proper belly laugh that comes from the soul, Alhamdulilah. I am rich, I have a family that loves me, yes being rich as in have loads of money would be awesome, but I prefer to be debt-free and live a comfortable life with my family. What did I leave out, ‘the world being a safer place’. Safer from what? There is such a long list my head is hurting from thinking about all the issues. 

Instead of me trying to figure out which one is the most important. I settle on an idea… I want my home to be a safe place. I want my children to come home from school and be super excited to tell me about there day and I want to be excited for them. I want to hug and hold them and give them loads of kisses. I want to make special memories with them so that they can hold onto it for life. I want them to learn the value of life and love. I want to teach them love unconditionally. Most of all, I want my children to know that even if they fail I am still going to love them.

As-salaam

Ayesha

p.s. I love being a stupid optimistic like Richard.