Shedding Light on The Community
The Marc Ballard Show is a part of Pac 14, the local radio based in Salisbury, MD. It is a show to place a spotlight on the community, featuring guests on a variety of topics. My last local radio interview was on Straight Talk with Dean & Marc. Here we talk about my motivation behind the book, the meaning behind “Accept & Embrace It All”, finding motivation, self-love & happiness with life. I also leave some inspiring messages for the listeners.
Finding Happiness With Life
After introducing me, The host asked me to talk to the listeners. Writing my memoir was a long-time dream that finally happened. During the COVID I was so excited to put the whole journey on paper, starting from the beginning to where I am now. I came up with the phrase “Accept & Embrace It All” which was about accepting me, and the foundation that was broken. I was not responsible for what others had done to me. The only thing i was responsible for was my responses. Embrace that God has such an awesome plan for us, we just have to accept who we are and love ourselves first. I had to invest in myself and really start to love me from the inside out, and just know that this is a choice that I can make everyday for me.
“You gotta be able to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and keep it moving forward, cuz that’s the main thing, trying to keep things balanced out in life. It get’s hard but you gotta really fight…”~ Marc Ballard
I fight for peace, and I fight to keep it. It’s a daily process, a choice that I wake up every morning to do. To first love me, then God, and allow blessings and strength from God to flow. To do all that I am purposely defined to do.
Inspiration & Motivation
What inspired you to write this book?
Throughout my work and career, I would find myself periodically telling people about staying in school, letting go, doing things for yourself and inspiring them to never give up. I found myself in several abusive situations and I would help others find self-worth and understand that they have a choice to leave. I felt inspired to put my whole journey down into a book to inspire others.
Any motivation, advice or things to say to people who are going through difficult times?
The best gift that I have given myself, that i would advice you to do is to invest in yourself. Being in my 40s has been the bests year of my life. It’s my season to give myself a chance to invest in me and know what I really want in life, what I like, what I deserve and what I have been created for. Everyone has been created to love and be loved. And to be in healthy relationships. It is not easy, it is a choice you do everyday for yourself.
IT IS A PROCESS! Everyday is not going to be easy. There will be challenges, obstacles and situations that will come your way but you need to get that foundation built and work on yourself. You have to choose the life you are meant to live and choose to let things go and want something better. It is a choice that we all must make to find happiness with life.
“Happiness first starts with you. When you get that happinness fulfilled within you without looking for someone else to fulfill that happiness, it will come. It will attract and it will come.”
~ K.I.M
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