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