Barack Made HISTORY, now what about YOU?

I am proud of President Elect Barack Obama, as are most Americans! What this man has been able to achieve was something that most people (including myself) thought was impossible! What I hope and pray is that Pres. Barack has planted in our minds that ALL things are possible!

But hold on now, El Presidente Obama just like his friend Oprah can't lift you up alone, no you've got to get out and do the WORK! Hard work, often times that work is thankless and painful, but you must find support early on, well wishers that believe and fortify you while you're uncovering the path on your journey! On my own journey to personal truth I've had some great support. Friends and family, were definitely there, but ultimately it was two books that allowed me to get out of my own way and understand that it was my RIGHT to shine, that I had the audacity to be BEVY in FULL COLOR! Those books are "The Artist Way" and "The Four Agreements", these two books I have read countless times in the past four years.

I started on that path of creative and artistic freedom four years ago and haven't looked back (well maybe I peeked over my shoulder once or twice)! However, in my life I never felt that race defined me or limited me in my choices, granted I worked in advertising, publishing and fashion, really liberal fields but none the less many people find these genres rife with racism.

So many young people still come up to me and ask how I was able to create relationships with the top fashion houses or become the Senior Director of Fashion for Rolling Stone and now they ask how do I get all these fab fashion folks to attend "Dinner With Bevy" ! They want to know, aren't "they" shady, don't "they" try to keep you down, don't you feel alienated by "them" because often times you're the only one in the room! The answer is always a resounding no! First of all my success and self worth was never measured by my popularity with anyone (I was a follower in junior high school and never again) and most importantly I never held any one person's opinion to be worth more than anyone else's and certainly not my own! I dance to my own beat and it's a funky one, so I've always kept it moving, grooving and rolling!

But I digress, what I want to know is now that Barack has shown you that anything is possible, now that Barack has shown you that you can overcome racism by simply being the best and not dwelling on the fact that "they" don't like you! Now that Barack has stood up to a modern day virtual mob crowd and come out shining like the Prince that he is, what will your excuse be?

The answer is that you no longer have an excuse! I've been thinking about writing a novel for a minute and I've got an outline already developed, I'm going to work on that immediately. I've been so consumed with making sure that "Dinner WIth Bevy" is a success (real talk it's my main revenue stream) that I haven't taken an acting, improv or writing class all this year, that's a shame and it's going to end! I'm taking a class of some sort when I return from Los Angeles!

Many of us won't lead exceptional lives, I mean there can only be one president every four years and between the questionable boyfriends that I've had over the years, to the many inflammatory blogs that I've written where I talk about those relationships, I probably don't have a shot at the Presidency! But that doesn't mean I have to live a mediocre life, I simply refuse to, no I WON'T! I have no excuse, my gifts are abundant and the road has already been paved for me to have a much smoother trip than my 80 and 83 year old parents!

Barack made HISTORY and I'm going to follow his lead and make an exceptional life for myself, what about YOU?