Dream Big
The next couple of blogs are mainly just my thoughts. My brother and I have been going through a series of discussion that challenged each other’s beliefs and direction in life. Where I would rather be flexible and opportunistic, my brother chose to be concrete with his volitions and burn his own path. Though we never attack each other’s way of life, we do often have a difficulty understanding it completely. Where he would like to “get to the bottom of it” I rather chose to accept the fact that I do not fully understand and move on from there. Though the processes are different, I believe that they’re really the same thing. Both processes are in the business of creating and building.
My way of life: Every decision I make is the best decision I could have made at the time.
During the social experiment we call High School, I learned to believe in myself. Like everyone else it wasn’t easy. It really is hard to say this is who I am and I’m just going to deal with it. It’s even harder to say that you’re happy about yourself. And it’s even harder to believe in your own abilities and gifts. Some are blessed with some intrinsic knowledge to place all their efforts into one gift, people like Lebron James, Tiger Woods, John Mayer, Jay-Z, Obama, Bill Gates, Steven Cohen, Will Smith, and many other magnets of their fields. Though their talents or gifts were already blessings enough, their volition and belief in themselves was a greater factor in their success. I have met many artists and athletes that had the talent to get to the next level but didn’t have either the desire or work ethics to get there. I am included in that general statement. I do have some talents and gifts though I wouldn’t say its in the caliber of those above, but I do have the skill set to be successful or at least I believe I do. Where does these beliefs originate? There have been countless “thank you’s to God” in award speeches. There also have been countless speeches saying all the hard work was worth it. Honestly, I can’t tell you how to get this belief, but I am certain you require a great leap of faith in either God or your own self. It doesn’t really matter if you believe in God or believe in yourself. It’s just a matter of believing.
My way of life stems from partly having faith in God and God’s path for me and the other part honestly believing every decision I make is the best decision I could make. I’m not saying my life won’t have regrets and wrong decisions, but I do firmly believe I never strayed away from my path regardless if I forged that path myself or I’m simply followed God’s plan. In either case, I won’t allow hopelessness enter my way of life. I will struggle like everyone else, but I will find comfort and strength knowing it won’t ever be in vain. It’ll always be part of the greater project. Everything in life that you want, you’ll have to fight. If we’re all going to have to fight, it might as well be for something great.
So let’s Dream Big.
