What if the worst case scenario is even worse than we thought? What if we have spent so much time preparing for the worst of all events that we forget how to hope for the best? What if we plan for rain so much that we forget the sun? What if we prepare for the worst - bracing ourselves for the crash and burn - and it never happens?
That being said, there is still a bit of a problem. Namely, even if you don't spend your life needlessly avoiding the rain, you still might not learn to enjoy the sun. I don't understand this, either. I mean, it's great not to plan for the rain, but let's not err in the other direction by planning to enjoy pain. The thing my last blog calls for is acceptance and humility.
Then again, so does this one.
In this case, I ask you to allow yourself to succeed. Not just to "get by", but to be stellar, spectacular, excellent. I'm asking you to give yourself permission to thrive.
"But I can't..." That's fine.
"But I've managed to f*** up every single thing I touch..." Okay.
"But..."
BUT WHAT?!
Seriously, folks...
If you don't give yourself the right to succeed, to thrive, to be happy and content, then who else will?
If you ever get to the point that you believe that you can be amazing and give yourself permission to do so, then no one else in the world can stop you, but if you are determined that you can't, then no one else can help you.
This much we know. I know that you know. I know that you read it online somewhere or in a quote book or in the self-help section or heard it from Oprah. Okay, fine.
When are you going to believe it?
I can't make you cross this line, but if you are ever going to have any success in life, it will be something that you prepared for in some way. Don't just get through life. It's much too exciting for that. Much to big for that. Don't just live.
Thrive.
Do you hear me? Thrive.
Break out the sunscreen and glasses; the sun is going to shine.
I agree!
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I used to be one of those people who would always say yes and do everything just to please other people because I was too insecure to take a stand.
I still say yes to everything now but for different reasons. I've realized that everything is a blessing in disguise, and in the past week, saying yes to things I wouldn't have normally said yes to has revealed to me that:
1.) I have an appealing base-baritone voice (I was forced into auditioning for the musical)
2.) I went and ate takeout with a rather hilarious and pretty girl(Will you stay late for a theater meeting for events you aren't involved in?)
3.) I was told that I had dance potential by a muscular, epically dance-talented black man (he rather rudely shoved me into the center of a circle full of people listening to a jukebox. I took it as an adventure.)
4.) Won thirty dollars from a stranger who happened to be rather loaded cash-wise (He seemed lonely. I sat down next to him at a restaurant.)
Life is way more interesting, way less predictable, and in many ways way better when you keep an open mind about everything and you accept that the sun shines not just in random lottery wins or the absurd or the magical, and that everyday if you look around you and you accept life's quirks as a blessing and not an annoyance, you will be amazed where it will lead you.
*bass
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dammit.
That's a pretty amazing experience. That actually touches on something that I have yet to write about and find myself nervous about putting a pen too.
ReplyDeleteStop being a wussy? Hehe. This is amazing, allow yourself to be you and allow life to happen as well with out holding either back, and it'll probably turn out better than you might think. Do things w/o being scared of them or thinking you'll fail, and you probably won't. <3
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