The End of the Line

My dearest readers,

it has been exactly 1809 days since I’ve started #MomentumToGo, since I wrote my very first post—a piece on Langston Hughes titled “Get Momentum!”—in a dark corner while laying on a couch about half my size. These words right here come from the same exact spot, and with this final post I don’t just want to proclaim that all good things must end, but I want to thank you all, from the bottom of my heart, for making this #blog become exactly what I wanted it to be: some momentum to go!

When I started this blog series, I had no idea it was going to reach people in 10+ countries, all reading, liking, and sharing it with family and friends. A special moment in all that time was when I met a stranger in Frankfurt and when we got to talk about reading and writing he told me not only had he read my blog, in fact, he’d even shared it with his family back in the U.S. and they were waiting for another post. There were other special moments, people telling me how one of the posts could cheer them up, would help them get over a loss, a break-up, or just motivated them to chase a long lost childhood dream. And then there were special moments, in which readers would just summarize a post to see if they got it right, wondering what they could learn. It were moments like these that delight me most as a writer, because they’ve shown me that my blog was not just a vague vessel for empty words but something that could speak, something with a purpose; and I can stress here that if my blog helped only one person to get a little inspiration, or motivation, or simply a smile, it worked and was a successful endeavor: mission accomplished, and major key alert!

But what I truly loved about all of these five years was your engagement, your comments, thoughts, critique, and anything in between, because you prevented this blog from being or becoming a one-way street. It was not about just throwing something out to you, in fact, most of my post have been inspired by your thoughts and comments, the manifold contributions by a faithful and loyal readership, and that you truly were, giving me some momentum to go, and go on, and go hard, and go for it, and go further. However, there came a point, recently, times in which my soul has grown deep like the rivers, when I decided to end it after this year, because we have reached the end of the line. It has been nothing but a pleasure and an honor to write for you all, and whether it helped you to grow or not (I hope it did in one way or another), it helped me to grow, and this is what I’m also truly thankful for. A part of my heart cries to think about no longer writing it, but what makes me stay positive is that you know it all by now, what I wrote, getting things started, chasing dreams, finishing strong. You know all about passion, patience, and perseverance, about momentum, overcoming obstacles, and growing with every step. This blog has been my song for the genius child, for you! You are “MomentumToGo!”

And for cuffing and holiday season, where you get to inspire by the fire, I want to close this blog with words by the same inspiring figure that started it all in January of 2012, Mr. Langston Hughes, who wrote:

I tire so of people say,

Let things take their course

Tomorrow is another day.

Thank you all so much for making this so special, so much fun, and so great! Goodbye Momentum, look at your watch, it's late, it's time to go! #M2G