The Fairy Godmother

This afternoon on my drive home, I was listening to someone called Fairy Godmother…I missed her introduction but you very quickly pick up that this Fairy Godmother is someone you want around…

And what does a FGM do? Well, she helps you make you dreams come true.

Lots of people were phoning in to 702 Radio (and all called her Fairy Godmother) and she gave them the most down to earth and practical advice imaginable.

The problems that most of the people had about realising their dreams are: don’t have enough time, need to go and study for a couple of years, am I too old?, don’t have enough money, etc etc….

And her advice:

Action: You have to just start...... The lady who wants to write but says she needs to go to university for 2 years and has no money was told to just start writing every day, do weekend workshops, get started…if she wants to write and that is her passion then she must write….don’t just think about it.

Use the resources you have: this was the other bit of advice which I think was great. All too often we construct piles of obstacles around us – like needing to go to university when a weekend creative writing workshop might be all we actually need!

If you are passionate about something: then do it…if you are truly passionate about it you will find the time, the money, the wherewithal to do it – it might take a bit of time but start doing it. And you dont have to worry about people laughing *grin*

Action: again… action...dont be inactive, don ‘t sit around dreaming about it – get some action going…

BTW: I Googled Fairy Godmother and there are a number of sites for them – they seem to be based all over the world! And, yes, this FGM is South African. I didn’t catch her name but I think she is Donna Callum and this is her website: http://www.fairygodmotherinc.com/tag/south-africa/