Desire, need, desperation to win, achieve or prove something to ourselves or others will drain us of our innate power.
An energetic and intense focus on mastering this moment and trusting the future will unfold well will manifest as an invigorating existence void of mind-made stress and anxiety.
If we realized what was actually, truly, genuinely important we’d start grabbing life by the balls and living it, with vigor, instead of letting our minds and egos keep us passively avoiding death, creating enemies where they do not exist, trapped each day in the psychological past and future, rather than the psychedelic beauty that is the present fucking moment.
Being alive is a gift.
It is intrinsically (awe)some and our past does not have to define us, imprison us or hold us captive in the myth of time.
Defining ourselves by words and thoughts alone imprisons our imagination and potential in an ever narrowing tunnel whose light diminishes exponentially the more staunchly we adhere to these descriptors.
We are not our past, our age, our socioeconomic class, our political affiliation, our nationality, our bank statement, our marriage license, our job title, our perceived reputation, our diploma, our ethnicity, our opinions or our engrained moral ideology.
We are life meant to be lived, realized, awakened, aware, enthusiastic, joyful, impassioned, fortunate beings.
We get to be humans here and now.
These short years aren’t meant to be wasted feeling inferior or superior, successful or inadequate, attractive or unattractive.
Whether physical or mental, we should stop wasting our lives in hatred of what is, of what we cannot change, in us or in others.
We owe it to our individual mind, body and heart to get over ourselves (our egos) and our preconditioned habits and beliefs, and bring acceptance, passion and exuberance into getting the most out of each moment and each day.
This isn’t confined to a specific set of rules or way of life.
We can and should pursue any myriad of career paths with gusto, enjoy the fruits of our labor, work within our own moral and ethical parameters, be cool with people and don’t take melodrama seriously.
Enjoy the ride, be fluid and in the flow of life instead of awkwardly rigid, working tirelessly to avoid trouble that only exists in the meaningless anxiety created by excessive thinking.
This reality is about taking responsibility and control of how we approach day-to-day life, how we perceive information and the events that encompass our days, and what our lingering effect is after the day is done.
How did this approach to life affect us and those around us?
When we daydream of our future success how does life look during the years committed to achieving those goals and rewards?
Are they riddled with what-ifs, major sacrifices, stress and a fixation with attaining the next promotion, raise, notoriety or form of success that lies outside of ourselves?
More simply stated, will our level of daily enjoyment and happiness be affected for many years if we follow these rules and steps?
What constitutes each rung of this metaphorical ladder?
Can we enjoy wherever we currently are in our careers, whatever level of expertise or income, and allow the external forms of success to be a bonus but not the reason for our personal contentment or self-esteem?
That is the key to looking back at our lives knowing we truly lived it.
We didn’t sweat ridiculous nonsense, define ourselves by other’s expectations or material acquisition.
We breathed with reverence each day and used that grateful, inspired energy to execute our lives at a higher, more alertly present level.
We navigated both calm and troubled waters with patience, humility and grace.
And hopefully a sense of humor.
This may seem very cerebral, intense and complex, but it is not.
Let’s drop the bullshit, own up to our thoughts, words and actions.
Let others be and don’t hesitate or doubt being ourselves.
Nut up or shut up.
Live and let live.
Go take an embarrassingly large bite out of life.
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