Today I'd really like to talk to you about trying, about keepin' on with the keep on, but I just can't bring myself to do it. No matter how many times I tell you life is worth living, love is all you need, and that the sun really will come out tomorrow, you won't believe me until you want to.
Now I promised to myself when I started this blog that I wouldn't hold back and that I would keep telling the truth so that is what I'm going to do.
Life isn't always as hard as it seems. Sometimes the hardest part is waking up in the morning and realizing that it's a whole new day. It's hard to realize that the sun has made a whole trip around the world and is back again to break through the night and light up our world for a while. It's hard to break the barrier between your feet and the floor and come to see that getting out of bed is the only way you're going to be able to get back in it for the night. That getting up and doing what you do everyday is the only way you'll begin to thrive again.
This is a quote I found by Michael Jordan:
“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”~ Michael Jordan
People say that failure isn't an option but we all know good and well that it is. When I do something that people say wasn't good enough, or that I didn't make the cut, or that I've disappointed them I see that not as a failure, but as an opportunity. I see that as a chance to improve myself for the next go round. Sometimes life gives you lemons and sometimes it doesn't. You have to make the best of those lemons, or absence of lemons however you see it. Let your mistakes guide you and show you how you can keep from repeating them. Everyone has heard their mom say that history repeats itself, right? It's your job not to let it.
Now it's been said that it's not the destination, but how you get there. There are many detours most of the time when you are trying to reach a destination, but that doesn't mean you can't stop while you're on those detours and see the worlds biggest cup of yogurt or go swimming for a whole day. Life is about the journey, not the destination. It's about the experiences we gain while we are here and the mistakes we make that lead us to where we are right now. Right this moment. Every mistake you've made has led you here, to this place where you are living your life. Embrace it. Look around you and enjoy the blessings God has given you and use them.
John Lennon once said "Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans." and I strongly agree with it. Sometimes planning to make plans is just to much and you have to stop. You have to grab life by the horns and do something with it. What's the destination if the journey wasn't worth it. There are no such things as mistakes or rights or wrongs, there are just incidents and learning experiences. Nothing you do is going to change that.
Find your purpose and do everything it takes to make it yours. Embrace the path that you have been thrown down on and find a way to thrive or quite frankly you are going to die here. No roots and no desire to grow. Stuck in a rut of a dead end decision that could have taken you further. You're stronger than that readers. I know you won't let that happen. You will get up and keep moving. You will plant roots in the right path, and you will thrive.
Remember, I believe in you.
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