Monday, August 18, 2014

We're Already Dead

"Get busy living or get busy dying" - Andy Dufresne - The Shawshank Redemption
"Every man dies, not every man truly lives" - William Wallace - Braveheart

The world is full of people that are dead or dying. 

How do we live?  How can we do the things that we want?  

People ask these questions every day. You're in control of your own destiny. There is nothing standing in your way except you. 

Get out of the way.

What are we all so afraid of?  I don't get it. We'd rather die than go after what we want for fear of failure.

The things you fear are the things that make you alive. Think back to the worst moments of your life. Think back and remember how vivid those memories are. 

The truth is, you DO learn from your mistakes. You can remember them better than anything else. But you can't let your past mistakes make you afraid of living. You lived through it?  Great! 

If you're still here after a horrible experience, then what's next? 

Find the next hurdle and jump over it. Don't be afraid of it.  You think that anyone ran through the hurdles the first time without at least clipping one? You watch the Olympics and the very best in the world still trip over the hurdles.  

This is pretty much ALL that they do all day, every day.  They still can't get it perfect.  The best in the world.  

Why?

They're Human.  Like you.  Like me.  Not perfect, not even close.  

Stop trying to be perfect.  Try something attainable, which is pretty much anything else.  

You can do it. I know you can. 

You're the one that needs convincing.  

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