Personal Meditation No. 109

“Your beliefs are your actions. What you say is just what you think.”

Embrace the Within.

You can be whatever you choose to be and you get to make that choice over and over every day. So, why would you choose to live a life that is less than what your life can be? Why would you choose to not embrace your potential for greatness and settle for mediocrity? Why would you choose to be like everyone else and have the same goals, the same dreams, the same destinations?

In a world of so many possibilities, being okay or less than okay is just bewildering to me. You can be so much more than what you’re doing right now. You have so much potential for change and growth that you and I have no understanding of just how much and to what extent you could achieve. The only thing getting in your way is you.

You have to take the responsibility and take the action. I know it’s easy to say I’ll start working on that next week, next month, in the new year, after the kids graduate, after I get the house, after I move out, after I get my life together BUT those are just excuses for why you’re not doing things now.

I know you don’t have time or, at least, that’s what you’re telling yourself. There are never going to be a shortage of excuses, a shortage of reasons for not living the life you want. There are people to blame, situations to blame, BUT the only thing standing in your way is you.

I know it isn’t your fault. BUT it is still your problem. There is no better time to change than right now. No better time to claim what you want than right now. No better time to start putting in the work for what you want than right now. No better time to take the first or next steps on your journey than right now. Right now is the only time you have. The present is your present to do with whatever you like. Your present is your life.

So, are you going to embrace your potential? Are you going to embrace everything that your potential has for you? Are you going to live a life of abundance? Are you going to be the boss of you?

Have the day you want. I hope you find whatever you’re looking for.

#ThinkBetter #BeBetter #NoGodsNoMasters #MyBodyMyChoice #MakeYourselfGreatAgain

Personal Meditation No. 108

“Your beliefs are your actions. What you say is just what you think.”

Embrace the Within.

I used to think that changing the world took a national platform that came with the celebrity of an important sounding job that garnered a lot of money and a lot of attention. I used to think that changing the world was a goal people had for benevolent reasons. I used to think that changing the world was a momentous task that took the cooperation of billions across space and time and culture. But changing the world for the better only involves changing yourself.

This vehicle of massive connectivity in the interwebs gives us all the chance to reach folks we would never reach in our community. This vehicle of massive connectivity allows your thoughts, my thoughts, all of our thoughts and our actions to be viewed in real-time or on-demand all over the place. So, I think it’s rather important what message I’m sending out into the ether.

There is no shortage of folks using the medium for the wrong reasons. There are plenty of scammers and carnies out there trying to turn a fast buck at the expense of the unhealthy mind. They take advantage of our vulnerability in our lizard brains that are still functioning like we’re prehistorically wired. There are also folks out there complaining like children that were told “no”. Complaining how things are not fair.

And then there are folks looking for change. Some of them are hurting. They’re reaching out for something, anything to make their lives feel not as desperate, not as lonely, not as empty. And those are the people that need to know that things can change. They need to know that they can change. They need to know that they get to choose how it’s going to change. And it may seem crazy, and it may seem unrealistic, and it may seem far-fetched at first BUT they see in your story, in my story, in our story that they can make the change.

And seeing is believing. Sure, the steps are slow. The steps are gradual. The steps are difficult. BUT the steps get you started down your path and every day you get to wake up, every moment you get to choose how this life is going to continue.

Your “Choose Your Own Adventure” novel is not finished yet. And you get to choose the path every day. BUT, you have to take the action to get you where you want to be. Because not acting in that direction is acting in another direction. And either way, it is your choice.

Have the day you want. I hope you find whatever you’re looking for.

#ThinkBetter #BeBetter #NoGodsNoMasters #MyBodyMyChoice #MakeYourselfGreatAgain