Jillian Valentinwww.Twitter.com/JillianValentinJillianV@urbanlatinoradio.fmIn my years in this beautiful life, I know as well as everyone else that the hardest thing to do in this world is live in it! But another fact that's hard to grasp is "following the road less traveled by"!
Would you give up the strait path you've worked so hard for, to chase a dream? Even if you’d make less then half of what u have to start but you would be happier?
For many people that's a pill that's hard to swallow!
I have never done everything like everyone else, I have always shifted my own path, studding one thing after another leaving when I was finished, yet I lost interest and started something else. I always took a chance for my happiness rather then stick on a strait path that would probably be a smarter choice. But my passion for happiness was, and is greater then wealth! Is that wrong? Would you give it up for a chance, risk it all at the bottom of your dream? I haven't always known what I wanted, but I knew what I loved and I knew I would never be satisfied if I wasn't doing exactly the thing that made me happy, even if it meant a lot more tears and a lot more sacrifice.
Let's say you studied years and years, honor student, started off teaching, then knew it wasn't enough, so went back with depression and all and became a lawyer after many more years, achieved the American dream, was ok and only getting better! Would you give it all up to peruse acting? Start at the bottom and chance everything you worked for? Just to give yourself the chance to live the life you have always secretly wanted? My sister is doing just that! What's crazier is I always wished I followed the unhappier strait line instead of this crazy fantasy of happiness that causes me grayer hairs then heart break, but I love what I do regardless. And the day that she opened up saying she admired my strength in following my dream, I knew maybe this, my dream, was all for her! And was happier for it!
We are told since were able to understand that we follow a path and live a normal life. But some of us risk it all for the thrill of the un known, for the smile of knowing your doing what you want even in the struggle of it. I remember when I met my friend and designer of Laurelux who was working at another design company and doing her designs on the side. We spoke one day about her leaving her job so that she could take a risk and chance on herself for once to follow her dream! Tons of magazines, shows, and celeb’s later, she's doing exactly what she loves and not looking back!
Everything I have gone through has lead me to this moment even just writing this blog that gives me my passion for writing, right back! Could you do it? Would you do it? It may not be what everyone feels is right but I'm happier struggling doing what I love then sitting in my old office, stable and in a great financial place, then helping someone else I didn’t believe in, get on stage and in front of a camera, make it instead of me or an artist I actually believed deserved it! I'm not saying give up school because its the one thing you should follow! God forbid it all fails at least you have an education, however I guess I'm just saying if you have no other priorities but yourself could you give up the painted yellow brick road for the un paved, un leveled, over grown weeded up foggy path? Just for the sense of happiness? This isn't something I can answer for you as I already have for myself. But maybe this might make you appreciate or chase what's in your heart!
Good Luck.
-Jillian V
