Everything I Know Part 1 - You Gotta' Believe
One of the more disconcerting things in the world is to meet someone who has lost that faith or belief in themselves. You have to have faith in faith and you have to believe in belief.
It's often times easier said than done, though, because there are ill winds all around that corrode the soul and block the channels from which love and creativity flow.
I know.
I've spent some time in the abyss.
Yet through painful bouts of reasoning, and more than a few moments trying to get every last drop out of a bottle of chilled Grey Goose, I've kind of come to understand a few things lately:
1). You should never really settle for something less than who you want to be. It's easy to slip off the tracks and stay nestled in the weeds, instead of getting back on track.
No one ever aspires to "live in a van down by the river," as Chris Farley, once so eloquently put it in a Saturday Night Live sketch, but people end up there, and they stay there, because they lose faith in themselves.
2). You should rejoice in the achievements of others. This is a tricky one because a lot of times we look at others and think, "How'd that dumb bastard become so lucky?"
Channel the positive results achieved by others and put them to work for yourself. My father told me early on in life to compete only with myself. Great advice. Playing that game within your own mind will help you blow off all self-imposed limits.
3). Do you still believe that all things are possible?
I know a lot of people who get stuck in the muck and mire of not being able to do something because they believe (there's that word again) that they can not stay out of their own way.
There are really good people out there, who suffer bad event after bad event, because they can't figure how to rise above. The reason why is because they accept their fate as the best they can do, or be.
4). So how to move that rubber tree plant?
There are so many cliches, and you hear Dr. Phil and Oprah spouting about all of them, but there are things that work.
Like clearing your mind of negativity.
Or finding faith in a power that is larger than the little life you're leading - faith in God Above allows some of this to make sense, right?
And visualizing that success (in any endeavor) can be achieved.
And finally, by then doing your best through good old-fashioned hard work.
It's the only way.
You can buy the Mega Million ticket and dream that the numbers will change all that's wrong.
Or you can believe in yourself, and make some of the lesser (more important) dreams come true.
And that's Everything I Know about Belief.
It's often times easier said than done, though, because there are ill winds all around that corrode the soul and block the channels from which love and creativity flow.
I know.
I've spent some time in the abyss.
Yet through painful bouts of reasoning, and more than a few moments trying to get every last drop out of a bottle of chilled Grey Goose, I've kind of come to understand a few things lately:
1). You should never really settle for something less than who you want to be. It's easy to slip off the tracks and stay nestled in the weeds, instead of getting back on track.
No one ever aspires to "live in a van down by the river," as Chris Farley, once so eloquently put it in a Saturday Night Live sketch, but people end up there, and they stay there, because they lose faith in themselves.
2). You should rejoice in the achievements of others. This is a tricky one because a lot of times we look at others and think, "How'd that dumb bastard become so lucky?"
Channel the positive results achieved by others and put them to work for yourself. My father told me early on in life to compete only with myself. Great advice. Playing that game within your own mind will help you blow off all self-imposed limits.
3). Do you still believe that all things are possible?
I know a lot of people who get stuck in the muck and mire of not being able to do something because they believe (there's that word again) that they can not stay out of their own way.
There are really good people out there, who suffer bad event after bad event, because they can't figure how to rise above. The reason why is because they accept their fate as the best they can do, or be.
4). So how to move that rubber tree plant?
There are so many cliches, and you hear Dr. Phil and Oprah spouting about all of them, but there are things that work.
Like clearing your mind of negativity.
Or finding faith in a power that is larger than the little life you're leading - faith in God Above allows some of this to make sense, right?
And visualizing that success (in any endeavor) can be achieved.
And finally, by then doing your best through good old-fashioned hard work.
It's the only way.
You can buy the Mega Million ticket and dream that the numbers will change all that's wrong.
Or you can believe in yourself, and make some of the lesser (more important) dreams come true.
And that's Everything I Know about Belief.
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