World Interview

“The question isn't who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” -Ayn Rand

My director placed this quote on an everyday email for the students and it touched me. I felt compelled to write my take on it. 

"The question isn't who is going to let me". 
   As I read this part of the quote, I realized that most of life was spent thinking about who was going to judge me, who was going to be the next person in line to tell me that I wasn't good enough. Who was going to be the next person to flash the shiny penny in my face and then take off with my purse that enclosed my biggest dreams. Only leaving me with the hopes to just get through this day. I almost foreshadowed the outcome that maybe I really wasn't going to do anything significant with my life. That maybe I should just conform to save the embarrassment of failure. I spent most of my life thinking this way. 

I"LL STOP BEING ME, SO YOU COULD BE ME ONE DAY.

I almost regularly convinced myself  that the next person in line had already got the "job", so I should go ahead, pack my bags and wait for the next opportunity. 
Because I was going to be great one day, it just wasn't my time yet, but it'll come to me one day. One Day.

THEN! It hit me! I'm going to march back into that building, politely take my place back in line and take that chance. That chance of faith that the world would want me as much as I wanted it. That the world would take me in its arms and lead me into the light. I was there! I was FINALLY there!! I had finally gotten it!

I'LL STOP BEING YOU, SO I COULD ONE DAY BE ME.

Because me is all I ever wanted. 

"...it's who is going to stop me."
I was afraid of people telling me NO because failure was suppose to mean NO! When in fact failure means not taking that chance! Giving up before getting up! Because really, who is going to stop me?

Whether its a yes or no, I will know that I succeeded in taking that chance. 

Because NOONE stopped me, not even myself!