Finding our way

It can be difficult to sift through the cacophony of everyday life.  We have to search deeper and focus on the bigger picture, rather than becoming weighted down and mired in the pressures and stressors that we face.  This can be even more difficult if we are in a circumstance that we don't like (such as a job we hate, or a bad relationship).  We are changed by the moments we live in, and it isn’t always for the better.  Unfortunately, I spent quite a few years too long in a career that I came to despise.   I almost allowed it to suck my entire soul from me, and I didn’t recognize the person I was becoming.  I was pessimistic, brash, irritable, combative, and generally cantankerous through most of my days. Fortunately, I finally escaped and it revitalized my perspective and my life.  I restored my faith in humanity, and I reverted to being kind and hopeful.

So how do we overcome these trying instances to realize and remember what it all means?  We have to get our “cows off our doormats,” as my English teacher used to say (she was an amazing woman, but that is a blog for another day).  In other words, we must implement change and quit waiting for change to come to us.  We have to delve within ourselves to make the changes necessary that will allow us thrive. 

Be outrageous. Be spontaneous. Be inspired. Be inspiring. Be adventurous. Be creative. Be more than what you currently are, and more than what people expect. Most of all: Be the person you have always wanted to be.  Quit wasting time, stop bickering or wallowing in pity, don’t be a victim.  Instead, focus your energy in the positive and amazing world around you, and if you don’t see the “amazing”, then CREATE it.  It may seem like an impossible feat, but unless you take the steps to try, then it will always be impossible.  Now is the time to stop making excuses and actually begin living our lives in a way that makes a difference.  I know it’s not easy, and sometimes may feel utterly unattainable, but if you make one adjustment each day, eventually it will become easier.  

Don’t allow people to tell you, “that’s just not the way it is,” or that “one person can’t make a difference.”  If one person couldn’t make a difference, then we would not have penicillin, religion, cars, music, or anything of value.  We would still believe that the earth was flat and that the sun revolved around us.  All it takes is one person to forge the way, and the world will follow, especially if it is for the betterment of us all. If we all live with this mindset, ultimately it will be the way it is, and we will have made the difference.