Today I woke up and felt like I had a lot to say. No particular topic to discuss, just my feelings in general. I wanted to lay out some things that have been on my mind and share them with others. Writing is a unique form of self expression. A very interesting form of art. It allows the author to have a creative platform in which they can layout their thoughts and deliver them in a way that others may be able to read and then interpret in their own way. Similar to music but using a different sense to achieve the same goal. Now music I have always loved and appreciated but getting back into reading and writing has been a recent thing for me and I’m glad it’s back in my life. I feel as though the last few years, despite how hard they may have been have shaped me into a better, stronger, wiser, more open minded and caring individual. I have done all I can to look my problems in the face and try to address them one by one until I feel comfortable again. I had a lot of issues that were beyond my control and I needed to accept that I couldn’t worry about those any longer. I needed to get my life on track and hopefully help others do the same along the way. The first step was Diet and Exercise. I have to thank my best friend Adam Foley for that. He really educated me on eating right and the importance of getting out and really being active. He also filled me in on the ways my mental health and day to day life could improve and I was all in. I have lost 50 pounds since then dropping from 205lbs to around 155lbs. I look better than I ever have and feel even better. My confidence is way higher and I feel like people notice, respect and are happy to see that. After that I needed to start finding what truly made me happy and go after each thing with all my heart. This has been a battle. The best advice I have is don’t settle. Get what you want out of each day and keep hope alive that things will unfold as they should. You create your own universe. I firmly believe this. I then decided to expand my mind. In every way. To learn more about things I wasn’t aware of and look deeper into topics that have always interested me. To experience as much as possible and meet and interact with as diverse a group of people as I could and learn all they have to share. We need each other and we all have something important to offer. People in our society are very me oriented and I find that to be our main problem. We have a beautiful planet that we continue to destroy every day. Just as we are doing with ourselves. Eating food thats no good for us. Drinking our paychecks away. Putting people down, looking only to make ourselves better and not caring who we hurt on the way to the top. It’s honestly quite sad. Where is the love? I wanna live in a world where we all work to make each other better. Where we understand and respect each others thoughts. You don’t have to agree but know that people do think differently and thats ok. You’re not always right. The sooner you admit your ignorance the wiser you will be. Now I in no way think that I have it all figured out but I do know that I am waking up each morning and taking steps to become more enlightened. To let go of space and time. To no longer allow small stessers to dictate how I live. To be present in the here and now and enjoy it completely each and every day. It’s going great. I had a friend tell me this would be my Jordan year. In reference to the greatest basketball player of all time. Michael Jordan. I’m 23 and I am thinking he was right(Not only because of the number). I am getting happier every day this year. I’m handling stress insanely well. I am getting back into music full time. I’m healthy. I am finally getting my finances back in order. I have the most clear and open mind I’ve ever had. I listen more and talk less. I think more and you should know your thoughts are a very powerful thing. I have a good new job and I work with some of my best friends. I have also found what a best friend really means to me as well. These people know who they are and exactly what I mean by that. They are truly the family I have chosen for myself and I love them all. I cant express how awesome it is to have such great people in my life. These hard times I went through have made the bond I have with my Pops is unreal. Michael Fleming is the man and I’m so happy to have him around. I spoke with a friend about the power of stones and the energy they are supposed to bring and I realized my Dad has been my rock. The one who has been there for me through it all, the one keeping me up when I was down and never moving away despite the chaos that surrounded him and I can’t even describe how grateful I am. Being grateful is an important lesson I learned from hitting hard times. I have a lot to be sad about. A lot of things to miss. A lot of experiences that didn’t go as planned but thats ok. I am alive. I am healthy. I’m happy and I’m improving each day. I may not have all the possessions I once had. I may be broke, but you see those things are negative and I’m no longer about that life. Seeing how bad things can get made me learn to appreciate how great things are. If you dwell on the sad, dark, dank (thats how you actually use that word folks lol) points of your life, you will remain in that awful place. However, if you are grateful for what you have and start taking the steps to get where you want to be and spreading love and good vibes along the way, things will get better. I promise. All in all I just want to see people stop letting life beat them down. It’s such a beautiful thing to be alive. We have a good amount of time to explore and have fun. Take advantage of that. Don’t let go of the innocent child within you. Remember to smile and always be ready to take the road less traveled. Some of the best things in life may scare us but I live with no regrets because I don’t allow opportunities to pass me by. Money comes and goes. People come and go. But you, you are something you have to deal with for the rest of your life. So if you don’t enjoy what you see in the mirror or in the world you live in, change it . I don’t mean that if you think your nose is not perfect that you should go get facial reconstruction. Look deeper in the mirror. Look into how you feel about yourself and your surroundings and find things to improve that feeling each and every day. That is the first and in my opinion most important step to our planet improving. Empower yourself and your fellow man. As Gandhi said, be the change you wish to see in the world. Consider looking in the mirror and addressing your issues and then issues around you as laying the first brick to a wall meant to block out the negative in your life and slowly but surely that ‘wall’ will do its job. I hope this makes people think. I hope to inspire others to better themselves. I want to see a wiser human race. One that truly lives. Peace will come only when we eliminate ego. Love and light everyone. Have a great day.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 18:05:44 +0000
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