We are faced with challenges day in day out. It is how we handle those challenges that matter the most. Ok, I am going to throw it back a bit. When I was in junior high I ran track and field. I truly loved and it I lived for the rush it provided. I ran the 100 meter, did the long jump, and ran hurdles. I always wanted to be the fasted and most of all the winner. I mean who doesn’t? One day I was running the hurdles and I got tripped up and let me tell you I fell straight onto my face, scrapping up my hands, knees, elbows, everything. It hurt physically so bad, but you know what hurt the most? My ego. I was so embarrassed and in my mind at that point I was defeated. Of course, I got back up and continued because I simply had to. It took all of my being not to burst into tears out of pure embarrassment and utter disappointment. In that moment I let my hurt ego dictate my decisions and I listened when it told me “you failed.” After that day I did not want to run the hurdles ever again, and I can’t even believe I’m typing this, but I never ran them again. Such a coward move on my part. I let the little voice in my head control my decision making process instead of controlling my own mind and saying suck it up and try again until you get it right. Point being, I handled that obstacle very poorly. Literally. In life sometimes we do things that we know we can succeed at. That is the easy part. What about the things in life that really challenge us? Do you just decide to always play it safe and not bet on yourself out of fear of failure? Some people do. I can speak from experience when I say I have made too mistakes to count. I do not regret a single one of them because I have learned something from all of them for the most part. I can also speak from experience when I say I have been afraid to try things in my life out of fear that I would fail. Nobody wants to feel that way, nobody wants to try really hard at something and give up simply out of fear of what comes next. Our lives are based upon a matter of choices. We can choose to do the bare minimum, not taking any chances, and inevitably not succeed at anything. You can also take complete control of your life and try to do the absolute best at every single thing you do. If you are motivated enough and have a little ambition anything, and I mean anything is possible! Life is too ironic to understand at times, it takes true sadness or tragedy for us to know what real happiness is or what we value the most. There is no better time than now to appreciate the life you have and really give it your all . Do not wait to understand, do not wait for the disappointment because trust me it will come, and do not wait until it is too late to make the right choices. Time is not on our side generally speaking and it is the one thing we cannot get back. I believe true happiness is really accepting where you are in life and making the best out of every single day. If you don’t like it then change it. No one wants to look back at their lives and say “I wish I would have done more” and unfortunately that happens every single day.
I know in my mind I have always seen the bigger picture. The mind is such a powerful thing, it is wild when you really dive in. We can make ourselves believe things that are not true, we can talk ourselves out of taking risks, and inevitably become our own worst enemy. The term self-sabotage is real and detrimental to our well-being. If you really think you can’t do something, well there is a good chance you probably won’t do it. If you think you will do it tomorrow you most likely won’t get to it, and before you have even tried to do anything because your mind has already told you NO! What we must remember is, do what you love and do it often. If you are not happy then change it, if you don’t like your job quit and get a better one, if you want to achieve a goal make a plan and take action, if you are looking for love please stop, it will find you when you start to love yourself. Life is quite simple my friends. We should all try to open our minds and hearts to new things, share inspiring thoughts and dreams, and set big goals that scare the shit out of you. You are in control of your life and the world is yours. Make the best choices possible, because you never know when that one choice will be the one to change your life forever!
courageously choosing you 