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Life: Is It Yours?

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.

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