Our past is a beginning but it’s not the end. The
experiences we face as children into adulthood is massive but the simple way to
make it is; we are born, we begin to walk and talk at a certain age, we play,
we go to school, graduate, go to college, get a job, get married, have kids, grow
old and die. Whatever happens in between all of those is only experienced by us.
What a crock. We’re all different and these don’t happen for everyone. We learn
from our past experiences to bring us what can make us successful in our
future, not everybody makes that jump or knows how to take the opportunity. Don’t
let your past define who you are, let your past be history and develop your
future tomorrow while staying in the present because it’s a gift you're still here.
Every one
of us has a purpose in life. Some of us find what we want to do, others have a
purpose of not working at all and even some feel there is no choice but to
sacrifice your purpose in life for something else. We all have dreams as kids of
what we want to do. We imagine making building, carving things with our bare
hands, some of us wanted to be a sports star, others a cop or fireman. The
majority never make that dream a reality because to them it’s just a phase and
then we move on with life. I believe if you truly went after what you wanted to
be that had a major impact and it gave you happiness, love, prosperity and a
future that had you pay the bills and give your children a future, you would be
one crazy son of a bitch to make it happen. Develop your sense of purpose by
finding what drives you, makes sense to you and makes you happy.
Going
through triumphs and failures is a natural part of our existence, where there’s
triumph in one area, there’s failure in another there’s no debating that. Some
look at failure as a sign of weakness but in truth, failure is another lesson
we learn to find what we can accomplish and overcome. Triumph is not always
being a hero but something you wanted to overcome over a period of time where
you achieve goals and make something of yourself and trampled over things you
thought were impossible at one point. Failure is just another test where if you
fall, you learn to pick yourself back up and come back stronger than ever.
Strength comes from the heart and how you use your mind, it’s not always muscle
or as Yoda would say “Not this crude matter” it’s about the strength you have
to keep driving and making yourself a better person even in the mist of
failure.
Not
everything comes from a DVD, CD, seminar, book, or a retreat for that matter.
Everything comes from self-discovery, having influences that help keep that
drive but it’s really what you find within yourself that makes all the
difference. Sure something you watch or read or listen to can be an influence
but you made that choice because some how you wanted to. How you live your life
is your choice. Make that connection to discover what makes you who you are and
don’t let anyone tell you different.
Certain
people in your life will want you to fail because they want you to suffer like
they have. They will try to break you, tear you down and will say things like “you
should do this instead”, “It’s a hobby, not a career”, “you can’t do that it’s
impossible”, “I don’t think you’re cut out for this.” Don’t look at those
things as a sign to doubt yourself, what do they know, they don’t have your
ambitions or imagination or even the guts to challenge your goals, that’s your
job. At the heart of your potential it all boils down to what you believe and
what you want to happen. We all have great potential for great things, we’re
not born with a college degree or just happen to be natural at something. We
never start out great; it’s the effort we put in that will make us great.
Learn to
discover who you are from within. Never give up on yourself and find your true
calling. I believe in you but don’t take m word for it, the only person you
should believe in, is you.
