It’d be great if we were truly able to reflect on all of the accomplishments and goals completed this year, wouldn’t it?

Oftentimes our resolutions for next year are remixes of the resolutions that we didn’t complete this year. When the clock strikes midnight, we make that annual promise to ourselves that we will tackle the goals that matter most.

Let’s be honest, though. 2020 was… truly a year like no other. I don’t need to list every depressing, atrocious, or frightening thing that happened: you LIVED it, so you know EVERYTHING already.

Life stopped for many. Literally and figuratively. Many were forced to adjust to what the world keeps referring to as “the new normal”.

Consequently, this new normal caused a large majority of dreams to be placed on the backburner throughout the year. When things get rough, we find ourselves reprioritizing our dreams, with the ones at the top focused on getting back to a place where we can provide for our families.

And the ones at the bottom of the list are rarely accomplished, let alone attempted.

I understand your pain. I know how hard it is to make publishing your book a priority when it feels like life keeps getting in the way. We want so badly to put that book out, yet can’t seem to get the wheels turning. In the meantime, our most valuable assets get buried and become dormant, while still brimming with untapped potential.

I’m not here to pump you with false positivity. When the clock strikes midnight, all of the problems, headaches, and pains of 2020 won’t magically disappear. I won’t tell you things like, “It’s YOUR time! Step into your destiny in 2021!”

I don’t know what the year holds for you. The reality is that the pandemic will get worse and people will suffer, more jobs will be lost, the economy will continue to be shaky, and small (especially Black) businesses will remain under attack. I can only hope and pray for the best.

Who knows what 2021 holds for Taevo and the start of our 5-year plan? I decided to resurrect Taevo in January only to have a global pandemic break out two months later. I couldn’t write this type of luck for myself in a novel no matter how hard I tried.

I take that back. I could do it, but it would be one of the most unbelievable pieces of work ever written. So incredibly unbelievable that you’d have to live it to believe it. (Hmmm….)

So if I’m not telling you to publish a book or to even write it, what AM I telling you?

Actually, I’m not here to TELL you anything. I’m here to remind you, fellow creator, of three things:

1. Your words have the power to inspire greatness in others.

I am under the belief that everyone on this planet can learn one thing from every other person on the planet. Everyone knows something that we don’t; something that is worth sharing. If you feel that you have a story inside of you, then you have a God-ordained duty to reveal it to those who need to hear that message. Every day that we don’t, we are doing the world a disservice. When your words touch even one person, the work you have put out to the world has not only allowed you to leave behind a stronger legacy, but to gain favor with our Most High Creator.

“For many are called, but few chosen.” – Besorah Mattithyahu (The Gospel of Matthew) 22:14

2. You must actively bring your dream back to the forefront if you wish to succeed.

We’ve been told that writing our goals actively plants the seed in our mind to do something to get started. Sometimes we get so caught up in the everyday hustle-and-bustle of living that we find ourselves lacking the drive, energy, or motivation to push ourselves a little harder, especially when it comes to achieving our goals, which is perfectly understandable.

However, a major reason why our creations remain buried in our heads for so many years is that we don’t make manifesting them a conscious priority. It’s one of those things we think about but is also the first thing we pivot away from because, you know, life

As you push through daily life, remember this: Your dream is precious and definitely worth seizing. It may not be today, it may not be tomorrow, but when you’re called it’s going to happen. It’s okay to make creating your priority for only a small part of the day and to say to yourself, “This is important to me, and I’m going to chip away at it a little bit, no matter what.”

3. The “perfect time” to create doesn’t arrive; it’s created (by YOU).

People may have asked you, “Did you publish your book yet?” or “When are you gonna finish that script you were talking about?”

Don’t get discouraged, feel like you’re letting them down, or even think they’re putting you down. They’re only asking because they have a genuine interest in your message and want to show support, which is what any creator could ever ask for.

Here’s the thing: if the reason you haven’t accomplished those goals is that you “haven’t found the perfect time”, then please know that it will never come. The perfect time to create exists only when you make it the perfect time. The longer we wait, the harder it becomes to do. The most important thing is to actually start the process, even if it’s merely conducting research into different companies and options. Make the commitment to yourself that you will move forward on a dream that has been ignored for too long.

4. Most importantly, keep the Most High Creator first.

So on the dawn of an uncertain year ahead, one where we aren’t sure how many “Nos” Life will throw our way… the perfect time to create is when we take the time to be still and just listen to our Creator. It is then that we will hear the most affirmations, the most important “Yes” of them all. The one “Yes” you can stand confidently in.

“Is this Your will, Father?”

When we hear that “Yes”, that’s our calling to say “Yes” to our dreams, yes to our visions of sharing a message with the world, and yes to all of the opportunities it can open up. Especially when you push forward with your dreams sidelined by the circumstances of 2020.

Suddenly the obstacles we know we’ll be facing in 2021 don’t seem so daunting or uncertain, do they?

Good luck for 2021, all!