Let's be Better

"Let's be better."  It's a very simple thought, in fact it's so simple that we often overlook its implications.

I know so many people who walk through life in a constant daze as if life is not worth the attention it deserves.  People often become wrapped up in their everyday worries and stresses that they fail to take the steps necessary to make life better.

The greatest power that we have as humans is the ability to transform our lives into whatever we desire most and thusly, understanding how those changes affect how we view the world around us.

If you find yourself feeling beaten down by life, unable to get a foothold or find a branch somewhere along the way to pull yourself up, look no further than where and how you're expecting this help to present itself.  We are all the masters of our own circumstances, we are all in control of where we find ourselves presently  and where we want to go from there. 

We have so much potential, everyone does, we can all be better if we but choose to be.  My whole life I've been consumed with this idea of being better.  As a teen I wanted to be better at sports, as a young adult I desire to be more loving and more accepting of others.  In saying that I must admit to everyone that I still forget to be better.  I allow myself at times to let life dictate to me what I get as opposed to making what I want happen for myself.  If you desire something you have to make it happen, you and you alone have this power over yourself.

The biggest illusion in life is the idea that we are victims of our circumstances, in fact it's just the opposite.  We are all the creators of our circumstances.  We are all exactly what we think we are.

Are you a loser because life isn't exactly what you want it to be?  No, of course you're not, unless you think you are.  The hardest thing in life is to fully realize this truth and trust in your potential.  There are so many outside factors that try to get in the way of believing in ourselves, why we listen to anything but our hearts I will never fully understand.

A lot of times we read inspiring stories or blogs or articles that say how we should think or how we should act but they give us very little practical information on how to make the actual change in our lives.  Well, not me, not here, not in this blog.  The last part of this post is the most important and it may just be what helps you turn your life around, and by turning your life around you'll realize you are no longer the victim of any circumstance, unless you let yourself believe you are.

If you're tired of your lot in life and where you currently find yourself, start choosing to be different.  Literally right now, right this second, choose to be better.  Take a second and close your eyes and really ask yourself what the greatest version of yourself looks like, what you would sound like, what you would dress like, how you would treat people, where you would live, etc.  Next, you need to open your eyes and choose to start making choices that will make that person a reality.  If that person can be imagined it can be made into a reality, that's the truth most people choose not to believe.

There is so much truth in the saying that "if you can dream it, you can be it."  Start believing in love, start believing in your potential, choose to be better... or don't, that's your choice as well.

Let's be better!