You can be the best in the world at this…

Be the best in the world at being you.

Don’t try to be anyone else. 

Embrace your desires and talents and be the best version of you there ever was.

"I don't deserve this"

If you say you don’t deserve the good things in life, you will repel them.

If you say “I don’t deserve this” about the bad things that happen, you put yourself in the victim position and place the control outside of yourself.  This eliminates your ability to do anything about it.

There’s no “I don’t deserve this” if you want to live an awesome life.

A Crooked Road

Progress is not a straight line.  A few steps forward, and one or two back.

When we have to take those backward steps we feel frustrated and like we are failing.  But it’s all part of moving forward.

There are no straight roads to where you want to go or who you want to be.

Be the One

When I was a kid, there were some problems.  Interruptions in the harmony of life.  At a very young age, I decided “I will not be part of the problem.  I will be a (the) solution.”

It was a decision, and I have stuck with it ever since.  

We all need to decide who we are going to be in the world.  If you made a decision in the past and have outgrown it, you can make a new decision at any age.

Who have you decided to be? I know.  It’s the person you are being now.

Being Extraordinary is a Choice

No matter what talent or circumstances you were born with, being extraordinary is for the chosen few – the ones who chose themselves; the ones who chose to be extraordinary…the ones who say “I will be the one”.

Choose to be extraordinary.  It’s up to you alone.

The Fear of Suffering

The fear of suffering – it’s often worse than the suffering itself.

Don’t torture yourself.

Your dream's brake pedal

Fear of failure.

Warrior of the Light

Here is an excerpt from Paulo Coelho and his book “Warrior of the Light”.

“Every Warrior of the Light has felt afraid of going into battle.

Every Warrior of the Light has, at some time in the past, lied or betrayed someone.

Every Warrior of the Light has trodden a path that was not his.

Every Warrior of the Light has suffered for the most trivial of reasons.

Every Warrior of the Light has, at least once, believed he was not a Warrior of the Light.

Every Warrior of the Light has failed in his spiritual duties.

Every Warrior of the Light has said ‘yes’ when he wanted to say ‘no’.

Every Warrior of the Light has hurt someone he loved.

That is why he is a Warrior of the Light, because he has been through all this and yet has never lost hope of being better than he is.”

All that doesn’t matter.  Keep trying to be better.  

Bare your scars like badges

In the long run, if we look at it right, we can see that the trials and painful times we endured shaped us in a way that we can use as quite positive.  Whether it made us stronger, more empathetic or kinder, or smarter, we can use adversity to launch into a better place in a more meaningful way.

We had to be there to be here, or to get where we are going.

Embrace it.

Can't hurt me

Last year I listened to David Goggins book “Can’t hurt me”.  If you don’t mind a barrage of f-bombs, I think you’ll be inspired. 

We shouldn’t go looking for trouble.  But this is life, and it doesn’t always go how we want it.  Sometimes it goes really bad.  But what happens is only as bad as our interpretation.  Most of the pain we feel is mental – and in this, we have a choice.

Does it take intentional work?  Yes.

Can’t hurt me.