Life is such a beautiful gift which we often squander. Possessions,
fame, notoriety and simple vain drama leads us to merely travel through life. As
I stated on Facebook the other day, I fought to get into this world and my life
is a constant struggle, yet I cherish every second of it. Several times I have
looked into the darkness and had it look back only to awake me from my momentary
lapse of reason and fight for my life. Never do we fight as hard as we do when life
is involved. Be it ours, a loved one or in the line of duty we fight for life.
Yet so many of us do not own the life we are given. As Americans we believe in
a rich life filled with stuff and status points, sadly though many of us are
not living. Life is for the living and not those merely burdened by the “status
possession monster”. Sound like a load of crap? Do yourself a favor and ask
yourself some questions. As you sit alone and honest with yourself be truthful
and ask if you are living or surviving. I often am surviving but I alone made
that choice. I have traded a career I love for one that I dread yet it provides
me with “stuff” that I like. Can you be honest and say what brought you here
and why? I may work for corporate America and have more stuff than most but I
OWN IT! My life is mine and I choose and accept all that it is. I live by my
rules and I do as I please yet am I free? We make grandiose statements like
that to make it seem as if we are in control, but are we? I may live and do as
I please but I am still bound by my own life. Now we get to the struggle of
life and here is the beauty in the fight. Yes every day I struggle! Be it to
get outta bed, the pains of a life lived at WFO speed, the dread of going to
work or the fear of failure: I STRUGGLE! In those moments of struggle I
remember: Life is for the living and I choose to live it! In this rambling rant
take one point away, it’s your life and you can own it and do as you please. You
hold the brightest hottest purest power in the universe: your own destiny! So
go forth and make your life but think about it, be honest and today pledge to
do something for you which will lead to you owning your life and making it
yours.
NO FEAR my ass, I am scared to death! For me I find this statement concerning. I have spent a large portion of my life in the service of others. Be it as a soldier, a security professional or a pseudo parent protection has been my life for longer than I care to remember. During my rough and tumble life I have been on both side of the coin, I have done good things for/too bad people and bad things for/too good people with ramifications that left scars all over my life. During my career I have seen great people and had the pleasure to speak candidly about some of the work they did. Across the board from all I spoken to, they all point to the standard definition of hero “one who does the job even though fear is paramount”. It is amazing that most never consider themselves hero’s just people doing the job as needed. In that I see and feel the same driving force: fear (like pain) reminds me I am alive and guides me. Fear makes me think, rethink, prepare, pack, unpack and repack. I vividly r
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