Women persevere

We all need someone to look up to and women make great heroes. My guest blogger today is a young woman growing herself into a role model and hero, though she doesn’t even realize it. Blanca Stella Mejia, from Miami, has been a victim of the economy like so many of us. She’s not only a writer - a slippery enough career slope right now - but she’s a real estate professional in one of America’s most depressed markets. Still, she thinks she can.

There’s a famous children’s book called The Little Engine That Could. It is a story about a train that must be pulled over a large mountain. The Engine seeks the help of larger trains, but they refuse to help. Finally, a small train comes and helps the Little Engine get over the mountain. According to Wikipedia, some say this story is a metaphor for the American Dream.

My own story should be called the Little Engine that Became a Ferrari. I say this as a metaphor — the engine being my interior strength of steel in the midst of having my income come to a screeching halt in the last two years. In a few short words, I am a real estate broker in Miami. Can you get the picture?

Roadblock after roadblock has met me face to face in this huge financial struggle. Yet because of prior challenges I have faced in my life, I knew it was an opportunity to be rebuilt again from the inside out. It is as if I have been sitting inside a garage for two years for a complete overhaul with a new engine instead of minor scratch and dent repair for a week.

I finally came out of the garage today with my engine purring like a Ferrari. I am currently parked with a team who has a vision to create a prosperous company and they invited me to be a part of it. I am giving it a test run for 90 days. And if, for whatever reason, this doesn’t work out, my Ferrari engine is ready to rip on this great highway of life and fly high on a greater road. I know that this engine, this time around, will never fail me because the strength of steel comes from a heart that has immeasurable value even if on the exterior, the currency in the bank account has been temporarily dried up and in a lot of debt.

Still, I believe in the American Dream. It has been seemingly shattered for many. But I think of all those millions of soon-to-be Ferrari’s in the overhaul station. I can’t wait to share the highway with so many priceless hearts.

Please join Blanca Stella Mejia at her personal blog and get to know how to overcome adversity.