You Can Only Take So Much...

In the course of our lives we begin to create thresholds in which actions we are willing and unwilling to accept. It is not because we are bad people that we refuse to tolerate immature actions, and or exchange of words, it is that we become more aware who we are as individuals along the course. We begin to realize those whom are not dignified of our own morals and characteristics we part from, and those who we never would have presumed as the same as our own end up being our greatest supporter. 

Many of us don't know who we are, so we allow the ones around us mend our unique characteristics to their traits. We often mimic those whom we surround ourselves with. We must step away from our own being often and reevaluate ourselves and ask ourselves, "are the actions that I am portraying now who I want to be ten years from now..." If the answer is no, then it is time to reconfigure who we are and what actions that we are doing not only to others but ourselves that needs the altering. If the answer is yes, establish new goals... if your current standing is the same for ten years from now you need a challenge. It is often times that we sell ourselves short of aspiring greater and bigger things. We stand in our own shadows dwelling on what could have happened instead of making changes in order to make something new happen...

There will forever be the person that will try to bring you down. It is those that do not yet know who they are that feed off of people who are doing better than they are. They are the "Debby Downers." Often times it is the person that we care for and respect their opinions to the most that we allow let them bring us down continually. We need to comprehend that the ones that love us just as equally back will be the ones that are our greatest supporters, and that we need to continue positive acts to maintain who we are, and separate from those who feed off our energy for negative reasons. The truth is, we all want to be at the same place in life. We are crave off wanting to be happy... but in the process our identity gets hazy as others' attain goals faster, and our own personal achievements get questioned. We need to set part and apprehend that our goals and life road will be different from the people around us, accept it, and we live in a world attainable make your dream a goal. 

Get That Plane Ticket and Just Go for It

Have you ever heard the saying, "you don't realize how good something is until it's gone..."?


We live in this world with endless opportunities. Anything that we want to happen, can happen. We don't need special connections, or need tons of money... it is just the length of really wanting something that will allow it to happen. 


It is often the most successful people that will take the plunge into doing things they have always wanted to do wether it be going to the Bahamas for a week, or going to Haiti for a cause. But the truth of the matter is, we can do it... if we want it bad enough.


We all have become so consumed over time of things that we do on an every day basis that we lack to recognize the goals and aspirations we have wanted to do for not now, but our future. We continually put these "wishes" into the future pushing them... when the truth is we need to just go on a whim now and again and just tell yourself, if I didn't do this before my lifetime I would have regretted not doing so.  


When stepping away from the cycle of every day life we can make time for those things that we wanted to do. Make a list, give yourself a deadline, and just do it! There are no excuses for why you can't drive to Canada and go bungie jumping, or learn to speak Chinese, or go on a cruise... but unless you take actions to make it happen for yourself it will never happen.


Often people use money as an excuse. It's not one. The first step in making a dream happen is to stop finding excuses for them not to! Honestly, think of all the shoes you have bought in the last 6 months, cigarettes, extra gas to drive around, gadgets, cameras... save that money on the side. Tell yourself, for every check I get I will automatically pay my bills and put 75% of the remaining somewhere where I can't see it so that I don't come up with another excuse to push a dream aside.


There is a difference between satisfying a need and satisfying a want. Weigh your choices. Would a trip on a cruise be worth more than a month in the bar every night? It's not about giving up completely what you want but setting realistic goals to making something happen so that you can accomplish more now, rather than waiting for a later that may never happen. 


The best experiences are the ones that are unplanned. Take the long way home so that you can view the lake view and stop to take pictures because it makes you feel good. Not only does the ride seem more enjoyable, but it's a vacation on the way home not just three hour ride in the car. Buy that random plane ticket to a random state... who cares it's unplanned things become planned as time moves forward, naturally.


Life is too short to realize when it's too late the "Man, I should have_________." Understanding what the world has to offer is one thing. Being able to create it your own way, with greater memorable experiences is another.