{"id":688,"date":"2014-10-13T11:16:42","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T15:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dodreamon.com\/blog\/?p=688"},"modified":"2014-10-13T11:56:55","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T15:56:55","slug":"motivational-monday-will-smith-on-greatness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dodreamon.com\/blog\/motivational-monday-will-smith-on-greatness\/","title":{"rendered":"*~*Motivational Monday Will Smith On Greatness*~*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heyyyyy Dreamers,<\/p>\n<p>Yes it\u2019s ME, I\u2019m BACK! Whew Goodness it\u2019s SOOOOO much going on in my life right now I do apologize for taking a break, but TRUST ME, it was well needed. I will explain why I took that break in a later post once I feel comfortable sharing. Anywho, it\u2019s Monday and a dreary day in the Metro-Detroit area so I\u2019m going to send a little sunshine YOUR WAY! Last night I was up late with my daughter Madison for some reason she couldn\u2019t sleep so I decided to do some work, I initially started Youtubing and researching for a future blog I\u2019m going to write, but then I stumbled across an interview of The Smith family (Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith) on Oprah and if anyone knows me you know I LOVE The Smith family\u2014at least what I know of them (their personal business is just that THEIR BUSINESS\u2026lol) anyway I was so inspired with a comment Will said I decided to share and I found a collaboration of some of his motivational interviews in regards to Greatness &amp; Talent vs. skill. I will share both videos and you can watch at your leisure. The Oprah interview is longer but the Greatness video is less than 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The quote that spoke to me was \u201cGreatness lives on the edge of destruction\u2026The reason that someone is great is because they survived death\u2026that\u2019s what made you great!\u201d-Will Smith<\/p>\n<p>My personal interpretation was that you survived what was suppose to destroy you! And you know the saying what doesn\u2019t kill you MAKES YOU STRONGER! This spoke volumes to me because the situation that I am going through is actually considered to some as a death, and causes a lot of grief. YET, I\u2019m STILL HERE! ALIVE! BETTER! STRONGER than ever! Despite my circumstances! People may not understand whatever battle that you personally are going through but that\u2019s ok it\u2019s not their battle to understand. You just have to know that greatness is destined IF you allow it to be. So whatever you are currently going through FIGHT, HOLD ON, KEEP GOING, PUSH THROUGH YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES, God wouldn\u2019t allow you to go through anything He knew you couldn\u2019t handle. In the midst of your storm look at the beauty of the situation, see what you can learn for the situation and make yourself better. TRUST ME it\u2019s easier said than done BUT I\u2019m STILL IN MY STORM so I KNOW how rough things can get. BUT YOU ARE STILL ALIVE\u2026so that means you can STILL FIGHT! I KNOW without a shadow of a doubt I\u2019m destined for GREATNESS\u2026I\u2019m on my EDGE right now\u2026 BUT I am a SURVIVOR\u2026 So who\u2019s with me? WHERE MY GREAT DREAMERS AT?<\/p>\n<p>Here are the links to the videos<\/p>\n<p>Will Smith Greatness &amp; Talent vs. skill<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/youtu.be\/VPcT0LcqD4U<\/p>\n<p>The Smiths on Oprah<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/youtu.be\/t8-Xm8q57B8<\/p>\n<p>Dreamers I hope you have a wonderful Monday and week. And remember NEVER STOP DREAMING!<\/p>\n<p>Xoxoxo Yours Truly,<\/p>\n<p>Thee\u2019 One &amp; Only,<\/p>\n<p>Chonita Nicole<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heyyyyy Dreamers, Yes it\u2019s ME, I\u2019m BACK! Whew Goodness it\u2019s SOOOOO much going on in my life right now I do apologize for taking a break, but TRUST ME, it was well needed. I will explain why I took that break in a later post once I feel comfortable sharing. 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