Be the Change no. 41

“Change is difficult when you keep telling yourself the same story. Change your story and change your life.”

Be the Change.

I was one of those guys that made fun of the healthy folks. I lived my life going from one chemical to another to get me through the day. Using caffeine and sugar to get me going and moving through the day and nicotine to calm my nerves and alcohol to shut it down. There are many folks drugging themselves all day long living seemingly normal lives. Or what I thought was normal. I thought getting healthy and taking care of myself was for suckers. I didn’t expect to live a healthy life. I expected to be something outside the norm by being just like everyone else. Living unhealthy among all the other unhealthy folks. And I had no plans on changing that story. Until I did.

Eventually you get to make that choice that you don’t want to go from one fix to another. And that fix is not always socially unacceptable. We get constantly bombarded by acceptable ways to damage our health. There are always acceptable limits to what we can do to our bodies without disdain from others. We can get a giant coffee filled with dairy and sugars and no one bats an eye. We can dine from a fast food bag and no one says a word. We can snack all day on chips and soda and no one takes a second glance. But do a line of cocaine or shoot some heroin and now you are the one with the problem. And we want healthcare for all in this country? We need nutrition for all in this country first. We need folks to consider their health first.

You can make the change to make sure your life is abundant BUT you have to be willing to rewrite the ending of your story. Some of us come here after years of doing things the wrong way. We come here with misconceptions about health and our lives. We come here enslaved to bad decisions and need a way out. What we need to do is to rethink our story. We need to figure out who we are. We need to take some time and really wonder what it is that makes us want to wake up in the morning. And it isn’t the Starbucks or the Dunkin or the McCafe . . . that’s just getting you through. What does it mean for you to be truly alive?

And then write that story. Have the day you want. I hope you find whatever you’re looking for.

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Be the Change no. 40

“Continuing to look for a political solution, a government solution, is to not understand change.”

Be the Change.

I have really tried to stop talking about, arguing about, and contemplating politics. For some reason, a lot of people like to still talk about politics and government. They still like to argue about politics and government. And they still like to think they have a politics and government solution. Those folks need to understand change. What good is any of this really going to do for your life? The answer is very little. BUT folks still go out and vote. Folks still go out and run for office. Folks still go out and protest. Folks still get riled up by the talking heads. Folks still keep feeding into the system. If you don’t feed it, if you don’t glorify it, if you don’t make excuses for it, then it will die. The political system, the government system, needs your participation to validate itself.

The system has you believing that your vote matters. The system has you believing you can change it. The system has you believing it cares about what you think. You can’t change the world without changing yourself first. And anyone involved in changing themself does not have time to worry about politics and government. A person involved in changing themself is busy enacting change.

So, that is why I don’t argue about the system anymore. That is why I joke about politics and government now. Because it is a joke. To take this whole system seriously is a mistake. Folks seriously believe that the label they support is going to be different than the other label are just foolish. The system does what the system does. You can’t change the system. You have to create a new system.

I am hoping these words fall on listening ears. Ears that no longer want to be worried about politics and government. Ears that want to hear the good news. And the good news is that you don’t need them. You do not need a man or a woman or a non-binary person to lead you. You don’t need to feed into a system that wants to make you angry and defensive. You don’t need a system that sees you as a commodity. You need to take care of yourself. You need to change yourself.

So, stop getting angry about the things you can not change and start working on you? You can change a lot that makes a real difference. You can get healthy. You can think better. You can find your purpose. You can live abundantly. And no one in politics or government wants you to do those things. There is no get healthy initiative in this country, there is only reactive medicine. There is no think better initiative in this country, there is only government education and standardized tests. There is no find your purpose initiative in this country, there is only get a job and work yourself to death for corporate and government greed. If you see what they are telling you, then you will understand what the system wants. It does not want you to be better. It does not want you to be great. It does not want you to change. It wants what is best for itself.

#ThinkBetter #BeBetter #NoGodsNoMasters #MyBodyMyChoice #MakeYourselfGreatAgain #BeTheChange