Following Your True Path Leads To The Freedom You Were Seeking All Along

We all take roads that lead to somewhere. Sometimes we get forks in the road, often change routes and we may even need help with the directions. There isn't a GPS in the world that can truly determine the path you seek or even go in on. What is the true path anyway? Honestly, there is no right or wrong answer cause none of us go on the same path. We may try to follow someone else's path because we were taught to do so in certain aspects but something always hits you with a roadblock. You were never meant to follow another person's journey.

Some seek power, some seek freedom, others get dragged down a road that leads to misery and pain but there is always a road that leads to somewhere. Personally, I believe in the road or path to freedom. Not the kind of freedom where you can just do whatever and get away with dumb shit. The type of freedom I seek and/or want others to seek is to have the freedom to make the choices meant for you and the pathways that get you there. It's not meant to be easy, it's not meant to be rushed but it is something that takes patience, pace and understanding unexpected things will occur whether you like it or not.

The freedom we seek can be different for everybody. Me, it's about training and the ideals that lead to the choices I make in my life like in relationships, seeking knowledge and being with people that matter to me. To me, that's true freedom. The road I've been on in my life was not an easy one, it wasn't meant to be. If it was, I wouldn't be who I am and wouldn't know how to fight for the things I had to overcome. I couldn't speak a full sentence that people can understand until I was 6 years old. Before that, yeah I knew what I was saying but it came out gibberish (almost literally) and going to therapy in order to learn my speech patterns and pronunciations. It was very hard and I could remember hating it and just wanting to be heard. That's just one of the things I've had to overcome next to many things.

Freedom is seeking your own path and working around the obstacles along the way. Sometimes, it'll feel endless, sometimes it feels like a cake walk, but one way or another, you will find things about yourself you didn't expect. That's just part of the adventure. It's a constant learning curve and at times you'll hit potholes or get stuck in the mud but if you learn how to get yourself out of those things and keep moving forward, even if its windy and has sharp turns, you will eventually get to a place you were meant to be at.

The world has many roads to choose from and you can pick routes to go on but eventually, the road will take on a life of its own and lead you down a path you were meant to be on. It's part of the concept of "Everything happens for a reason", you were meant to be on that road because that's where you find those tests of your mental fortitude. You may not have always chosen it, it chose you because there's something there you were meant to find and that is who you were truly meant to be. 

Be amazingly awesome, be safe on your journey and hope your path leads you to the freedom you were seeking all along. 

Choosing Your Own Path

            On our path to our very own individuality we are influenced by different people like family members, best friends, athletes, confidante, maybe your boss in a good or bad way either way somehow we are influenced by what is around us and what we watch, listen or that energy that just feels right. We learn from our influences who we become and what will be our destiny. Don’t try to be like your idol or anybody because they’re already taken, make a habit to learn from them to develop your own way to be who you truly want to be.

            The one thing nobody can ever teach is discovering things for yourself. In the Disney 90’s classic Hercules; Herc is becoming a rising star in the town of Thebes because of his heroic efforts to slay everything that crosses him, he’s got merchandise named after him but Zeus his father tells him that’s not the path or the secret to becoming a true hero. Herc must discover something within himself in order to a true individual and heroic figure. In the Fitness world, the general population looks to the biggest trend of weight loss, faster strength gains, quicker results and doing it with less effort when in fact it’s not real. To make things happen to build your body, it takes effort but not always physical strength but by the strength of your will and discovering what works best for you.

            Heading more towards building your body, people believe that in order to achieve that they need to be in a specific place  (Gym for example) where there are specific instructions to do this weight or this cardio machine or lifting up this heavy or light barbell or dumbbell. In reality that’s just one place where you have really more than enough places to go to make gains. Make your surroundings your strengths. When I was in Lake Tahoe earlier this month, the nearest gym was miles away and we pretty much stayed near the lake and the cabins so what could I do, I improvised by going swimming and swim hard, climb on the rocks using MovNat type training to shift, push, pull, grip and squat in many directions, lift heavy rocks by pressing, deadlifting, carrying and tossing them. That’s a hell of a workout and you never know what’s going to happen. Make the effort to be creative and use what you have around you to make the greatest benefit. The art of discovery is only something you can do, nobody else can do it for you.

            One of the greatest discoveries you develop when broadening your horizons and going on a path that is of your own choosing, learn the art of being flawless in everything you do. It’s very difficult to do and it takes time and patience but when it starts to happen, everything changes for the better and you’ll have that magnetic attraction towards people and you will find within the strength of your heart that no matter what happens, you will seem to feel alert and being at ease even in the toughest of times. You can have your own path and do anything you want in your own life. People will make you choose and steer towards something that’s more for them than it ever will be for you. Don’t let them because if you do, you’ll lose sight of who you really are and what will become of you. Walk on it, run it, play hackysack  on it whatever but find your own path and let no one stop you.