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“i sometimes feel like complaining about my situation, but then i look in the mirror and say “get the fuck up”
“what’s the point in winning, if you don’t deserve it?”
Growth.
It hurts when forced.
It hurts when it happens too fast.
But when you do reach that new height, you will see the world from a different perspective. And everything will be clear.
I remember as a kid that I would be so proud to be among the tallest in class.
I would drink all the milk in the world just to gain one more millimeter. And when I did. It was glorious.
As I grew up and watched my own physical growth end, I was in small slump. It feels weird to be tall one day, and short another. But that’s how the world works.
And that’s when I learned….
Emotional growth… Mental growth…
To achieve a sense of understanding that takes time, effort, but with real results.
It can bring about the biggest of changes in you.
It can bring about the greatest in you.
Just have the determination to work at it.
And eventually…
Growth.
It’s happening right now :)
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“Failure cannot define you.” — J
There are many things that I miss. Maybe it’s because I am getting a bit too busy, and don’t have the time to do the things I miss, or simply don’t have the opportunity anymore due to age or position.
I miss watching cartoons and not being judged for it. As a kid I watched cartoons all the time, and even then my mother would pester me about how grown ups don’t watch such things. There is a simple brilliance to cartoons that create the best escape for kids. I am going to be a little prejudice and say that cartoons today, do not hold a candle to the ones I use to watch. The cartoons I watched taught me how to be a gentlemen, what a perfect world would be, how to act courageously in times of hardship, and how when a girl teases or hits you they want your genitals. Like “Inception”, these beloved cartoons implanted in me the idea that the real world, was imperfect. That people were rude, obnoxious, and ruthless. But GOOD should always triumph. Always. And it’s your responsibility to make that happen. Oh how I miss my cartoons…
I miss the thrill of having 120 kids depend on me for guidance. This might seem like a self-ego thing, and in part, it is. But I miss how I used to be able to help shape peoples lives for the better. Giving my insights and thoughts in an open atmosphere that I help create. To help kids realize their potential and providing them with an attitude hypercritical of my own. Although I am still doing such actions, I wish I was still in a position to push it as hard as I used to. To show these kids what real devotion was. What real tenacity looked like. So, in turn, they could evaluate and emulate to a greater effect. I miss the freedom of frivolous peer leadership.
I miss reading. In general. I used to read all the time, however since the dawn of the internet, my reading abilities have gone down. As a kid I was fascinated with mythology. I loved reading about dragons, ghosts, knights, and legends. Arthurian legends were my thing. I read everything I could about King Arthur, the Knights, and Camelot. Getting lost in a world of chivalry and danger was fantastic. Now, all I read are workshop pamphlets, job training guides, and the odd blog. How sad. I fear for my creativity.
I think most of all, I miss the friendships I used to have. The brotherhoods, the comradery, and the cliques. I miss all their faces that I don’t see anymore because I am terrible at keeping in touch. It’s hard to understand how you can go from seeing each other every day, to not seeing each other for years, if ever again. And when you do see each other, it’s awkward. You are strangers again. But we will always have the memories we made together my old friends.
… and that is what I cherish.
J
[bound]byREALITY.: Built on success...? -
There is nothing more earth shattering than to realize that you are, in fact, human. That you are limited in controlling all factors of your life. That you live in a world where luck, chance, and fate do exist. However, it is only when you face this fatality with courage do you truly become what humans were meant to be. Limited creatures that accept their fate… but DENY to be defeated by it.
The shackles of reality bind you. And it is only you who accept them. Having a vision, not of what you could be, not of where you want to be, but a vision of you making a difference… is what sets you free.
The greatest leaders of our time are seldem recognized for their feets. Our greatest leaders are seldem rewarded with just cause.
Martin Luther King, the man with the dream was punished for it. Yet his vision rose beyond his “humanity” and rose him to a level beyond being human. He, was an ICON.
Abraham Lincoln held a vision and worked towards it with tenacity. Despite his powerful opposition, he did what many thought uneccessary. But he did the right thing. And once again, he was punished for it. He, was an ICON
You are no different.
You are you’re own person. You have a vision. It’s not my vision, it’s not anyone elses. It is YOUR vision.
Passion, Tenacity, Impatience, Courage.
You are all of these.
No matter what life can throw at you, no matter what you “think” is holding you back from achieving everything you want.
It isn’t real.
You are the master of your own future.
You will NOT let others tell you who you are, and what you should accept.
You can cry.
You should cry.
You are human after all.
But is that all you are?
Get up kid.
Wipe yourself off.
And start DEMANDING the respect you deserve.
Sincerely,
“People”
People tell me all the time that i’m built on success, that I’ve
never fallen before.They tell me that i’m just another one of those people who get by everything easily without having to work hard for anything. I’ve agreed with this for the most part.For the first time in my life, I’ve truly…
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