You've got to love the game.
Without that love, you will be wearing out the pavement sad step after sad step wishing you were doing something else. What is the point in that? That should be the absolute first indicator that you should be doing something different - if you fear going in to do the work.
Step into this moment.
You know, the times where you widely grin in the struggle, enjoy the pain, scoff at how hard it is and challenge yourself more and more. Some can be very linear and methodical about their objectives and dreams ...but for me, I am acting like life is one massive stage and there really is a grand orchestra behind me playing all different kinds of tunes.
I'm dancing through life now. Some amounts of time are slower, some much faster...but I am dancing nonetheless.
You mostly remember the people that were there to congratulate you when you achieved your dream. Unfortunately, that is not always who you thought it was meant to be. But that is ok. They're going to turn out differently in many ways - often for the better and infrequently for the worse. But that's the reality of life. That's just how the cookie crumbles.
Every day I'm going a get in touch deeper into trying to be the type of person I want to be and bring out the good marks in myself that were disguised for such a considerable time. I am learning. There are seldom days when I don't actually travel deep into the rabbit hole and search for things covered up within. I am not sure if I might have it actually another way. Actually that journey has been going on for almost 5 years now and it's absolutely impossible to imagine that I'll ever return to that man before the man I am today. One thing I know for sure is that I haven't spent any time finding myself, but rather have spent just about all of my time creating myself. I suspect there's a huge difference there.
It's creating versus finding... because in all truth, I didn't have anything to actually "find. " I had to drop everything I had learned to become and everything I believed I should be so as to become the type of man I had always dreamed of - not the person society or others told me I should be...but who I knew I could become deep down inside.
I make mistakes. Frequently I come off too vulnerable or start pouring things out too early. But I do not run frightened anymore. I used to - I once used to be afraid of everything. Frightened of making mistakes...scared of myself...scared of losing...scared of abandonment...and I finally found ways to drop those one after the next because they turn your life very quickly into nothing. They take everything out of you and there you are...just one big ball of being shocked.
Our lives are a series of interpretations of what is and without a doubt occuring in truth. We bring with us stories and past events that shape what something means to us when it happens in the moment and that often dictates how we act. If we can change that interpretation, we are able to change our entire world.
You've got to love the game.
This game of life. Without love...then what? What's the point if you don't love what you're doing?
A last thing - if you go hard in life and do everything deep rooted in love and keenness, it's going to be pretty hard to knock yourself when you cross the finish line, no matter the circumstances. Just keep that in the back of your mind for a while.
Mess up going 100%. Sure there will be incredible wipeouts, but you'll recover and be on the way again.
Without that love, you will be wearing out the pavement sad step after sad step wishing you were doing something else. What is the point in that? That should be the absolute first indicator that you should be doing something different - if you fear going in to do the work.
Step into this moment.
You know, the times where you widely grin in the struggle, enjoy the pain, scoff at how hard it is and challenge yourself more and more. Some can be very linear and methodical about their objectives and dreams ...but for me, I am acting like life is one massive stage and there really is a grand orchestra behind me playing all different kinds of tunes.
I'm dancing through life now. Some amounts of time are slower, some much faster...but I am dancing nonetheless.
You mostly remember the people that were there to congratulate you when you achieved your dream. Unfortunately, that is not always who you thought it was meant to be. But that is ok. They're going to turn out differently in many ways - often for the better and infrequently for the worse. But that's the reality of life. That's just how the cookie crumbles.
Every day I'm going a get in touch deeper into trying to be the type of person I want to be and bring out the good marks in myself that were disguised for such a considerable time. I am learning. There are seldom days when I don't actually travel deep into the rabbit hole and search for things covered up within. I am not sure if I might have it actually another way. Actually that journey has been going on for almost 5 years now and it's absolutely impossible to imagine that I'll ever return to that man before the man I am today. One thing I know for sure is that I haven't spent any time finding myself, but rather have spent just about all of my time creating myself. I suspect there's a huge difference there.
It's creating versus finding... because in all truth, I didn't have anything to actually "find. " I had to drop everything I had learned to become and everything I believed I should be so as to become the type of man I had always dreamed of - not the person society or others told me I should be...but who I knew I could become deep down inside.
I make mistakes. Frequently I come off too vulnerable or start pouring things out too early. But I do not run frightened anymore. I used to - I once used to be afraid of everything. Frightened of making mistakes...scared of myself...scared of losing...scared of abandonment...and I finally found ways to drop those one after the next because they turn your life very quickly into nothing. They take everything out of you and there you are...just one big ball of being shocked.
Our lives are a series of interpretations of what is and without a doubt occuring in truth. We bring with us stories and past events that shape what something means to us when it happens in the moment and that often dictates how we act. If we can change that interpretation, we are able to change our entire world.
You've got to love the game.
This game of life. Without love...then what? What's the point if you don't love what you're doing?
A last thing - if you go hard in life and do everything deep rooted in love and keenness, it's going to be pretty hard to knock yourself when you cross the finish line, no matter the circumstances. Just keep that in the back of your mind for a while.
Mess up going 100%. Sure there will be incredible wipeouts, but you'll recover and be on the way again.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is the author of The Words Of Encouragement, a website dedicated to bringing the best quotes, motivational content on the web, and blogs all to one place. Need some more content to help you move forward with your life after being knocked down? Try out these quotes about strength for some motivation.
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