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| Written 12/30/02 10:26 pm (EST) Wow, another year coming to an end. While people are out and about buying party snacks and running the usual new years resolution discussions, I've been making plans. Real plans. Taking the time to think of all the things I want and then writing them down. Breaking those ideas down into plans and breaking those plans down into little bite size pieces that can be done every day. It sounds and seems so easy, doesn't it? If this was as easy to do as simply taking each step and doing it - more people would be doing it, wouldn't they? But watch the news, listen to the people you know, look at your own life and all the players that have passed through it. People are copping out, making excuses, burying their heads in any distraction they can find and letting everything slip through their fingers. Listen, I'm no different... I'm not writing to you trying to pretend to be some great, wise person.. I'm having a hard time just like everyone else - but NO HARDER than it HAS to be, and that's a tough one to do for just about everyone I've ever met. I'll tell you something though, things HONESTLY aren't as hard or bad as we've been making them. Confusion, anger and many forms of pain are VOLUNTARY reactions - meaning, we CHOOSE them. We choose them and practice them and go to these places without even thinking anymore. This may sound like crap to some of you, but I assure you it's true. Let me try to explain.. Human beings (which ALL of us are regardless of age, sex, religion, skin tone, etc) are creatures of FREE WILL. That means you can basically do what you want. (Don't get carried away with that though) There are laws of man and nature for good reason - but remember something - there are very FEW laws to remember and the rest of the laws and rules are YOURS!! It's true! Aside from the don't kill, don't steal, etc.. laws we all know - that's it.. no more laws. All the little day to day laws and rules get made up in our very own heads. WE decide what makes us mad, what makes us happy, what embarrasses us, the things we think are important and what we need to feel good. We make it up and the answer to all those questions can be ANYTHING! You can get mad over any little thing you want, or be happy for no "good" reason, you can control your own thoughts to THINK and DO anything you want. It all starts with what you think, how often you think it and how strongly you think it. This is the foundation of our lives. Everything we think becomes more obvious for us. The more obvious things are, the more real they are - the more easily we digest them and live accordingly. You can change what you think, what you do and how your life goes, all starting with your power of your mind. This isn't some weird mystical thing that's only for scientists, speakers and spiritual people to deal with, this is SMALL, SIMPLE and for every person. That's EVERY person. You have a mind. With that mind comes the RIGHT to control that mind in whatever way we see fit. If we take that right and use it to control what we think, say and do - we ABSOLUTELY control what we GET. If you think and say and do bad things, you bring bad things into your OWN life and the lives of people around you - which in turn, brings more bad into YOUR life again. If you think, say and do good things, you'll GET good things. NOT all the time, or maybe not as often as you'd hope - but the general direction of your life is controlled by YOU whether you admit it to yourself currently or not. YOU decided to fill out that job application to the job you don't like, or said "I do" when you didn't feel that way... It was your CHOICE, and is your choice every second of every day you're alive. Life is all about choices.. the choices you make throughout each day will shape how your future ends up. In the above paragraph when I say good and bad choices, I don't mean being perfect or some idealistic view held by others - I mean doing right by YOU. What is RIGHT for you? Have you ever given it any great thought? If you haven't, shouldn't you? Like right now? What do YOU want? How do you want it? How often do you want it? Seriously, think of everything.. That's how it works! Think about what you DO want. Think & say things like: I want ....... I like ...... I really want...... Do NOT waste your time thinking & saying things like: I don't want ...... I don't like.... or worse I hate ..... I can't stand it when ........ I want YOU to ....... I wish (this person) would stop (whatever).. NONE of these thoughts are worth the time they're taking in our lives because they will NOT lead to the things you want to feel, see, do and be. Thoughts in a negative direction support action in a negative direction. Negative action destroys and positive action creates... Right now ALL your dreams are only ideas, they need to be CREATED with positive thought and action (and LOTS of them). Again, it's not easy, it's not perfect and your life won't instantly be this magical experience that everyone envies, that's not what it's about anyway. What it IS about is what makes you happy? What do you like? Who do you want to hang around with? What do you want to DO? During this time, FORGET about what everyone else has, what everyone else is doing (or not doing), how you've been wronged and all that stuff.. Just think about YOU, JUST you... If there was an AWESOME place built just for you, with people that would just thrill you, the cars, houses and everything else are JUST the way you like... what would that be? where would that be? how would that be? realistically, how would it be? Would you like to live the rest of your life out like that? How is your life different from that right now? What can YOU do to make YOUR life JUST like that? Just realize something... The ONLY reason your life isn't like that is because you haven't taken the time and effort to be the kind of person that has that life. THAT person thinks a certain way, does certain things, they have a certain job and will only do the things they enjoy, which in turn makes their life great. It's their CHOICE, just like it is for each one of us. If that person is a scientist and you're working in a factory - you COULD find a way to go back to school and become a scientist yourself. You COULD, we ALL could. It's all about our choices, what we choose to do eventually becomes what we become. If you went to school for cooking but really wanted to be an auto mechanic, you probably just wasted a bunch of time and money on what you DON'T want. Who's choice was that? Ultimately, yours. Even if back when you were a child, your parents pushed a certain profession at you. If you're willing to FIND a WAY, you can take control and break away from that, decide your own path and live your own life. We all do it, but few of us actually accept the responsibility and DO something about it. You can have things in your life MUCH more like your dreams if you actually made them a priority. Think about it. What's a priority for you now? Maybe the bills, the beers, the boys, the toys? What? What are your priorities RIGHT NOW in your life? If you're not happy with things most of the time, why not create NEW priorities? Think of little ways you can steer things toward your liking.. You can change what you're doing, what you're thinking, who you spend time with, how you spend that time and the RESULTS you get based on those choices - so why NOT change them? Why not spend less time finding fault with everything and everyone and spend MORE time working on the ways you can get those dreams that have been collecting dust. There are MANY legal, ethical, morally sound ways to get more for yourself than you ever truly thought possible. Think about it... The things that bring you REAL joy aren't illegal or unethical, are they? You don't LIKE hurting people or being part of the forces screwing up the planet, do you? The things that make you the happiest bring happiness to others too. Why do you think so many people laugh at the same time at a comedy show? Joy is a pretty good thing and there's not much bad associated with it that I can think of.. Also, when YOU are enjoying yourself, others enjoy themselves. Haven't you seen this happen? Maybe someone starts laughing and without even knowing why, you start laughing too? That is SO cool.. Now think about this - if you were enjoying yourself at your job, it would show up in other people too! Same thing at home, same thing everywhere you go. If you PICK the things you do in advance because you WANT them, you'll have more fun. If you have more fun, you'll be happier and if you're happier, your life improves and THAT is the point. It's not about impressing anyone, it's not about making the world a place where everyone stands in fields and sings, it's not about anger or revenge or what everyone else is doing.. it's about YOU. Making YOUR life more the way you want it - for your own reasons. Know in advance that if your choice is out of line with what anyone thinks is "normal" you'll face your share of ridicule. But KNOW that by living your own life, at your own pace and creating your own circumstances, you are RIGHT regardless if it's different or not. If working at a restaurant serving food is your dream job, your home, car, free time, family or anything else you might find important all reflect your own choices that bring you joy - you are RIGHT and congratulations for making your own life happen! It's about what makes YOU happy for yourself. Again, forget about everyone else - if you feel the need to get even with someone to make yourself feel better, you're missing the point. It's not about them! Anything you think about or spend time or energy on outside of yourself HAS to suit your needs. Regardless of what other people are doing or have done, you've got things that NEED to be done, and none of those things have ANYTHING to do with these other people. Think about it. You're going on about your business and someone says or does something you don't like. SO WHAT? Don't you still have somewhere to go? Don't you still have something to do? YES! So take a couple breaths, go on about your business and FORGET that. Other people are NOT here to please US.. they're here to figure their own mess out. Period. Again.. People are not here to please us. They've got their own problems to deal with and it's very likely that what YOU are doing has NOTHING to do with whatever stupid, inconsiderate or selfish thing that person did. So just keep going, just plug along and do your own thing. And once something is done, let it BE DONE. Let it go, don't talk about it ten more times that day or bring it with you as one of your stories of pain in your life - you don't need it and neither does anyone else - let it GO, it's not about THEM. It's about YOU. It's about me - it's about all of us trying to get it right. Just imagine every person on the planet in the same classroom - we all need to graduate, so let's just respect everyone else's right to be here and get on with it.. Don't allow yourself to forget the things that are most important to you and YOUR role in getting them. I read the word QUIT often in motivational things but I think that word is invalid since there is no quit. You're either alive or dead - if you're dead - you're out of the game and aren't reading this anyway. So even if you make a decision to "quit", YOU are STILL going, so everything you do becomes the things you get regardless of whether you're trying hard or not. So forget not quitting, don't FORGET your dreams. Think about them as often as you can and think of ways to get them that won't harm anyone. Think about your dreams. Play with them. Imagine yourself in various situations with various people enjoying these dreams. Keep doing it. How can you make it happen? What would it take? How can YOU do THAT? Figure it out, DON'T FORGET! Keep writing it down so you CAN'T forget. It's YOUR dream and NOBODY can get it for you... that's why it's YOUR dream. It takes work, it takes change and change feels WEIRD and uncomfortable at first. Practice! Change your life - FOR YOU! Dream. Imagine. Practice. Remember! Get it done, every day. Work for that dream, let us ALL enjoy it. I wish you ALL self control, peace, prosperity, joy and good health. Today, tomorrow, 2003 and beyond. Another rambling complete, good night my friends. |
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