Be A Blessing: How My Aspiration Began

It wasn’t a conference, a promotion, or a life-altering crisis that changed my direction.

It was water.

One ordinary morning, I slipped into the pool. The world above was already busy but down here, under the surface, everything was still. The water wrapped around me like a pause button. My heartbeat slowed. My mind cleared.

And then, out of nowhere, a question rose in me, sharp and certain:

What do I truly want to do with my life?

Not what I should do.

Not what would look impressive.

But the work I would want to speak about again and again, the kind that would flood me with ideas, energy, and purpose.

Images began to surface, those moments I had almost forgotten. A young person’s face lighting up when they realised they could achieve more than they believed. Someone standing a little taller because they finally felt seen and valued. The unshakable joy of watching hope return to someone’s eyes.

In that suspended moment beneath the water, I understood: my life had been blessed in countless ways. And the greatest joy I had ever known came from passing that blessing forward, from empowering others to rise into or even above their own greatness.

That’s when the decision crystallised.

I would live my life to be a blessing. As an intentional, daily choice, a way of seeing, speaking, acting, and being.

The surface broke above me as I lifted my head from the water, but everything had changed.

The journey had begun.

And now, I offer you the same question that found me that morning:

What would it look like if you chose to be a blessing today?