AWAKENING

Most of us go through life pretending that we don’t have any special goals or ambitions or desires when really deep down inside we do really want more. We block ourselves and we use these words almost like we’re in a trance, like we’re sleep-walking through life, that we find ways to cancel out our dreams, that a lot of things that we want to do, a lot of places we would like to go, a lot of things we would like to experience, and we just stop at “but.”


But will cause you to hide out behind fear, but will cause you to come up with all types of excuses that you can validate your inaction and not acting on your dream. "But" is a dream-killer.






But most people, you know what they do? Most people go through life quietly and safely tiptoeing to an early grave. We’ve been holding back, we have ideas we that don’t act on, things that we want to do, we’re afraid to take chances. A lot of people say no to things and they don’t even know what they’re saying no to! Don’t allow but to keep you in the corner.




A lot of people say, “But I tried once,” or “twice,” “and it didn’t work out,” and so they use that as an excuse not to ever come out again. Even if things don’t work out, even if I experience defeat or failure, that does not make me a failure. There’s a difference between failing and being a failure. If things don’t work out, if you don’t produce the results you want, that’s all, but don’t confuse who you are with the results that you produce. Do what you can where you are with what you have, and never be satisfied. Yeah, don’t get satisfied with yourself. Always know that wherever you are, you can enjoy more, that you deserve more. Why don’t you decide now that you can expand your world, that if other people can learn you can learn, too.




If you’re working on you dream, sure they’re gonna be times when you’re gonna want to give up, sure there will be times when life will knock you down and catch you on the blind side, but the challenge is to hold on. And if you hold on tenaciously, I say the universe is on your side. If you don’t decide to act on your dream, if you don’t decide to make a decision to live your life, if you don’t decide to step into your fears, if you don’t decide to say yes to your life, it will never work for you. You’ve got to live what’s in life, life is too short and unpredictable.




But what do we say? "But there will always be tomorrow.“ Oh, no. There’s no guarantees that you’re gonna show up tomorrow. Always something there, the reason you can’t move on, the reason why you can’t grow to the next level, why you can’t being to manifest your greatness, why you can’t begin to live life on your terms, that you’re gonna say "it’s not worth it.” Yes, that’s going to be right there for you, it’s going to be in your face, telling you to go back. So if you want to do something, if you’ve thought about something you want to do, take it head-on. Life will never be the same.




Live your dream.

The Awakening(Will)


I think I learned a lot today. I think I’ve finally woken up. And all it took, all I had to do was fail a midterm.




Yes, I’ll have to review each part of it. Yes, I’ll have to redeem myself. But there’s so much more to the story than this, so much more to learn. There’s people. There’s relationships. There’s careers. There’s good things and terrible things and lots of complicated pieces in between, but everything is suddenly so much bigger and so much more meaningful.




And I had a revelation.




I never grew up. That’s why I’ve gotten so worked up about things. That’s why I’ve tried to brush things aside. I didn’t want to grow up. I still wanted to be that teenager, that kid who just had everything decided for him. Now, it’s time.




Time to grow up.




From this moment on, this is my life. I will take full responsibility of my life.




Things are sometimes going to be difficult. There are going to be way worse things than failing a midterm.




But I’m going to do it, and I’m going to carry through.




Because it’s my life. And because I’ve grown up.