Imagine yourself sitting on your front porch, back porch, lazy boy recliner, or merely your ass; staring up at the the stars the ceiling or whatever canopy covers your head. Imagine yourself wondering and pondering and contemplating the whether of the sun rising the next day. Whether your life would continue on or will it slip from your meager grasp into a blanket of nothingness, tears, and tragedy. We have all been there before. Time and time again myself, to be candid.
We have all sunk into a sea of overwhelming despair. A dreary limbo world where peace and happiness are merely taunting imps. We hate who we are, what we have become, how we got there, but most of all we hate the fact that we are unwilling to do anything about our bleak circumstances.
A very wise woman once told me that attitude is everything. That woman is my mother. As a teen and even a young adult I couldn't help but believe that she was so naive and wrong. That attitude was nothing and money, pride, and stature were everything. I received a crash course in life. Through a series of severely unfortunate events I came to know very quickly that my attitude was and is everything.
Life is everything we make it and nothing we don't. So how in such a desperate mindset can we accomplish anything unless we change. Many look to a higher being to save them from their selves. But even under most theological religions and concepts one principle is taught and agreed upon. God, Buddha, Allah, and every other more powerful being, will only step in and help us once we have qualified ourselves for such help by doing everything we can for ourselves. EVERYTHING!!! Some would make the excuse that they suffer handicaps, disabilities and setbacks. But if only the world could recognize every trial is a trampoline. For with which we can gain new found heights and expectations with each time we contact the mat if we do but one thing. Push back on the force that pushes us. Many of you may not understand this analogy but it isn't hard to figure out so I'm not going to waste time with explaining it further.
Americans, these are the times that try every man's and woman's souls. we have a choice to make and thought the pathway is never clear the trail head absolutely is. Push back on what pushes you. exert your efforts upon life's springed mat and life will without a doubt thrust you forward into success and happiness that you only dreamed of before. Look at the stars, you really can reach out and grab them. It is possible. But in order for one to move forward one must act. Take the first step then the second and third and before you know it the hated life you lived will forevermore be far behind you. You are responsible for all you have and don't have. No person or circumstance can steal that responsibility from you. We cannot choose our lot in life, but we can choose what we do with it. It truly is all on you and it always has been.
In closing. GO AND DO something more with your life today and it will add the inertia and momentum to your cause that you need to get through tomorrow.
