We are celebrating ten years of Make A Way Media all year long. Be sure to follow our Instagram page for lots of giveaways in 2024. We will have more giveaways than we ever have before to celebrate this decade-long achievement of spreading beauty and kindness across our world.
It hasn’t been an easy journey. There have been lots of highs and lots of lows. But it has all been worth it and it all started with a dream. Deedee Cummings was a social worker and a therapist for
two decades before she founded Make A Way Media. Deedee was inspired by her work with children and by a lack of diversity in publishing. In 2014, she began with just one small book that was only 73 words long! Sixteen books later Make A Way Media is a force in the children’s publishing industry and Deedee is sharing much of what she has learned through her new program: Make A Way Mindset!
The Make A Way Mindset is all about taking advantage of where you are right now, right in this very moment and listening to what your heart is calling you to do. It seems so cliché, but it is true: We only get this one life. What are you going to do with yours?
What is it that your heart whispers to you… that your heart calls you to do? What is it that you would do if you were not afraid, burdened, or overwhelmed? That whisper is the beginning of your dream. It is important. It is why you are here. That whisper is how you find your passion and how you make your life a life you love and not just a life you suffer through.
You owe it to yourself to spend time alone with that dream. Tune out the noise and figure out exactly what that dream is. If the dream is on your heart, it is there for a reason. It belongs to you. Don’t be afraid of it or feel overwhelmed. Just start with one step toward that dream. Just one. You can do that, right?
Just start by spending time with your dream. Just you and the dream. Tune out social media and all of the naysayers. Write the dream down. What do you need to know? Make learning what you need to know the next step after writing your dream down. You can do this.
Ten years will pass whether you begin today or not. Whatever it is you want to do can be done or the dream would have never found it’s way to you. The dream came to you because you are ready. Are you going to answer?