Life!!! The one thing we have a guarantee on life is the fact of Change. Change is the one constant throughout life, be it a change in financial circumstance, change coming from your shift in a role (maybe from being a daughter, to now being a wife and then to being a mother), or change in the form of your body and health, change in the form of every experience you encounter which alters how you think, how you feel, how you act and how you react as well.
You also encounter change in the form of how you live because of a loss experienced. No matter your age, caste, background, and culture, you need to know that life will always bring you some form of change. Change is the only guaranteed constant in Life.
With change comes an experience gained (yes, ‘gained’, because even an experience of a loss is somehow a gain for you, a gain in your self-growth and inner strength to keep going), and with such experience comes life’s lessons. This is, and always will be, your best educational tool.
Using your life’s lessons, you need to learn and develop yourself, empowering you to make positive changes within and grow to be the better YOU since that lesson/experience happened. This is the key to your enhanced and successful journey of life.
As you read this now, introspect. Look into your life and all your experiences with the changes that have brought you to this point. Yes, even look at those moments when you thought to yourself you will never get through that phase or circumstance. Realize now that you did!! You got through it. You persevered. You made it!! And know then that deep within you, lies a phenomenal strength and power that you draw from, to endure whatever change comes, knowing that this inner power ensures you get through those phases or experiences with success and a huge development of YOU as a Self.
Therefore, please take some time to know YOU…and learn to value YOU.
YOU are your own gift unto YOU, above all else.
Remember, YOU are worthy, and this life is YOUR journey, a journey filled with some straight roads, some narrow ones, some winding, some uphill as some down…but it’s also filled with the beauty of gratitude for so much… for your being able to breathe, to hear a bird chirp, to smell a scent of a gorgeous flower, to listen to the voice of your loved ones, to be in and salvage memories along your journey which will fill up a treasure chest of valuables the worth of which becomes priceless to you. Show and speak gratitude always, especially for being grateful at being chosen to be beautifully you, by the One who created you.
Once you have yourself living your truth, in authenticity with emotional intelligence and an Empowered resilient inner You that’s growing and learning daily, you will see how fitting in doesn’t matter anymore. You stand out. You are happy just being you. No comparisons or outside validation are needed.
Ultimately the respect of the self is key. Self-respect grows you within, and you learn through your empathy shown to others how to appreciate you in your space, and respecting everyone around you becomes easier. That respect heightens with time which makes for inclusivity of every individual to be made simpler at various levels.
I am a lifelong learner and God willing, I will keep on learning as my journey progresses
This is how The M.I.A Program International was born in my hospital high care unit in 2001, where I lay paralyzed after emergency surgery to my spine due to a bad car accident. I told her I’d never walk again or have children, but I initially went into depression… Was this it for me? Were all my dreams gone? I struggled, cried, begged God, and fought everyone including myself because I wanted to take that step again so badly.
I motivated (M) myself, Inspired (I) myself, and advanced (A) myself to defy all odds against me and today, by God’s Grace, I walk and am the proud single Mum of a beautiful daughter. This is the MIA in each of us. And my purpose is to help everyone find their inner MIA to succeed beyond their expectations on this journey of Life.
Your journey is filled with changes, experiences, and lessons… meant to be there, marking and paving the way for YOUR best Learning For Life.
Blessings in Peace on your Journey
Prof. Dr. Mehreen Mia is a life-long learner who’s always learning for Life.
Amb Mehreen Mia hails from South Africa and is a Global Goodwill Ambassador, and an international Educationist specializing in humanities, psychology, education, and humanitarianism. Through her international and local work in Education and Resource training, Ms. Mia has earned Multiple Global awards, is an NLP Master, CBT Practitioner, and a Transformational Mental Health Wellness Advocate globally.
Ms Mia is the President of Successworld1 Academy SA, President of Chilparco International Women’s Council, and Vice President of Yes You Can International UK. SA, to name a few of her portfolios. She is passionate about the empowering of Women and Children, Youth Development, and the building of a positive Humanity. Ms Mia is a lifelong learner, a woman of purpose, impacting the lives of people around the world positively for the betterment of humanity.
