My name is Ashley Alexandria.

Meaning: Of the Ash Tree & Defender of Mankind

Ash Tree: Tall & Strong, Resilient and elastic.

I am a tree. I produce fruit. In order to live I must be watered and I must be fed.

In 2015 I want to live and walk out my name. I want to BE ME! I don’t want to just make goals and plans based around doing and achieving more. I want to focus on what I am PRODUCING and who I am BEING.

In order to produce good fruit and to be completely and unapologetically me, I must invest in me. My investment must fill me and give me life. It must help me sustain the tree that I am. It takes years for a tree to be fully matured. I am no different. I am in no rush to Becoming me. Each day God gives me is another day to be and produce.

My investments for 2015 will be working out more, eating life-giving foods, resting, building my business, living and loving freely, forgiving, and opening my heart to peace and joy. Oh! Don’t forget having FUN and just being me…simply put. As I pour/feed into myself; I grow. I then produce fruit. Not for myself to eat but for others. You mean the fruit I produce isn’t for me? Crazy Right? The better we take care of ourselves, the healthier those around us become. The more they grow and produce good fruit (love, joy, peace, fun, forgiveness) you fill in the blank. And thus the cycle of life will continue.

How will you invest in you? What fruit do you want to produce? Who do you want to be?

Those are the questions to ask as we step out of 2014 in to 2015. 

I pray your new year will be filled with love, life and joy.

Let’s D.A.N.C.E our way into 2015!

Ash

“Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make. it will not only improve your life, it will improve the lives of all those around you.”

 -Robin S. Sharma

Challenge: Research the meaning of your name. Our names define many times who we are at the core. Comment below with your findings.