Today I struggled with my
morning routine. It threw me off. But I did not let it take my day. I did not
let it ruin what I knew was going to be a magnificent day in my life. Mind over
matter. Today is all we have. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Today. Right now.
What we choose to do here and now will set us on a path that will unfold. A
path we can either embrace or resist.
Are you
doing what makes you happy in life? Or are you following blindly down a path
that somewhere along the line you set for yourself? The question now becomes:
Are you doing what you can, by the choices you make, to follow a path that you
feel is worth following? Worth living? Are you making a conscious effort to
create a better future for yourself?
I
mentioned that we have no tomorrow. I’m not saying that tomorrow doesn’t exist
or will never come. What I AM saying is that tomorrow is never guaranteed. It isn’t
for us to take for granted. So I ask you this: Is what you’re doing today,
right now, something that the you of tomorrow would be happy about? Something
your future self would be proud of? Think about that a moment.
Now think
of your dreams and ask yourself: Is what you’re doing right now in life, where
you’re at, is it truly where you want to be? If you could do anything in life,
be anywhere, without worry of circumstance or money, what would you do? Where
would you be? Be brutally honest with yourself.
If you say,
“Yes, what I’m doing is where I want to be” then great! I’m genuinely happy for
you. If on the other hand you say “No, I’d rather be doing something else” my
question then becomes: So why aren’t you? Why aren’t you aligning what you’re
doing with what you achieve?
“It’s too
much work,” “I don’t have the resources,” “It’s too big of a dream.”
Bullshit.
People’s
problem is that we look at our dreams from an outsider’s perspective. An
outsider looking in. Do you think that the people doing the things you want to
do started out that way?
Hell no.
They put
in the work. They found the resources. They got back up when they fell. They achieved
the dream. The question now is: How much do you want your dream? Enough to get
over the fear of failure? Enough to get over any obstacle that comes your way
no matter what? I can promise you that you’re not the only one that’s dreaming
the dream you have. You’re not the only one that wants what you want. What do
you do when countless other people are gunning for the same thing? Well you
have 1 of 2 options: 1) You can make excuses and talk yourself out of working
toward and getting what you truly want, or 2) You can work harder than anyone else
out there.
Achieving your
dream is an endurance test. You’re going to fail climbing up that mountain
before you reach the top. Do you want your dream bad enough to dust yourself
off and get back up? There are going to be days when you question what you want.
If what you’re working toward is really worth the effort you’re putting in. Let
me be the one to tell you that more often times, it is. Just because the day is
dark, and you can’t see the light, doesn’t mean it’s not there.
All you
have to do is keep on moving. You will fail, but at least you’re giving
yourself the opportunity to fail. Success is a fleeting thing that hides among
failure. Remember, there is no yesterday. No tomorrow. Just here and now. The
question now becomes:
What will
you do?
