Friday, December 7, 2012

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"Because I can’t afford to be any other way” This was my response when asked the question, why are you so positive...?  For a long time I shared the attitude of most people when it came to the struggles and daily battles of life.  I felt like a prisoner to circumstances that I thought were out of my control, things go bad or don’t work out and you ask questions like why me, why now, and will it ever get any easier...?  That attitude allows you to believe that life is happening to you, you are just at the mercy of each individual circumstance and there is nothing you can do but endure.  

Life is hard, that is a fact but to allow yourself to feel like a leaf in the wind, being carried and tossed around by circumstance is just weak and foolish.  What I have learned through all my ups and downs is that we have a great deal of control over what this life hands us. Sure there will be moments of discomfort but to allow yourself to fall victim to the day is unacceptable.  Life isn't happening to you, removing yourself from the responsibility of your circumstances is just ridiculous.  When wrong occurs your first action should be to honestly evaluate what YOU did and not list all the things that you believe were out of your control.  Discipline yourself and the world won’t have to do it for you...

In saying all of this, I recognize that something’s do “just” happen but I also recognize that they don’t “just” happen that often.  I choose to be positive and self evaluate, in doing so I have reaped the benefits... Am I where I ultimately want to be? No, but now I know what it will take to get there.  My new saying is "I don’t worry and I don’t whine."  I can say this with confidence because I believe in GOD and I believe in myself, with that I can’t lose.

1 comment:

  1. Good to have you back man! Been missing that raw, honest truth to life.

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