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Choosing Between Stagnation and Purpose
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You know when you wake up from a really good dream
and you keep forcing yourself to go back to sleep because you don't want it to end?
That's where you are right now.
You're grasping onto this false reality that you've created in order to save yourself from the truth,
and the truth is
you have two options.
You can either live a life of stagnation
of under-achievement and of normalcy,
or you can choose to live a life of fulfillment and of purpose, and
of righteousness. It's scary.
It's a daunting decision to make.
And you may say, well,
if it was as easy as making a decision, no one would actually choose to live
a life of stagnation.
But most of us choose to live a life of stagnation each and every day.
The reason that we're okay with it is because we continue to distract ourselves just enough
to remain naive to the decision that we're making.
The days passed by and
every once in a while, you have a realization and it pops into your
mind again like, wait, what am I doing with my life?
You know those like, like the 2AM, that 2AM motivation that people talk about? That's what that is.
There's something deep in your subconscious that is saying
something is seriously wrong.
The reason that you're not experiencing that enough to actually change anything is because you continue to distract yourself.
We live in a world full of distractions.
I mean, just at our fingertips, we have
access to the world.
The most entertaining and captivating content that exists on planet Earth
at any moment of the day.
So it's hard not to distract yourself.
That's why it's the harder decision to make.
The struggle that you endure comes later
when you choose to live a life of stagnation.
Because being distracted is comfortable.
You know, as they say, ignorance is bliss.
But there is one day
when your time starts to run out that exists within the future, where you can no
longer be ignorant to the fact that you've wasted your life.
That is the day I do not wish on my worst enemy.
Let me say, okay, that makes sense.
But how do I actually choose to live a life of fulfillment and of purpose and of righteousness?
Anytime I try to make an effort to actually go on that path, I experience
failure and I run into dead ends and I,
I, I, I embarrass myself and I get disappointed and I get
discouraged and nothing ever feels like it works and then I just give up and
then it's just like a never-ending cycle.
So it feels like I can't even actually make that decision.
And that's fair.
That's why most people, that's why I think everybody, has a hard time actually going on this path.
It's difficult.
It takes a lot of patience, mental integrity, exposure to failure
and disappointment and embarrassment.
And I-told-you-so's and uncertainty.
And it's also a path that never truly ends.
Our purpose, our sole purpose as human beings
is to reach our full capability in mind, body and spirit.
There will never be a day that you just simply wake up and go, I've reached my full potential.
It doesn't exist.
So not only do you have to experience immense
struggle and pressure of accountability and failure and
disappointment But it actually never ends.
You see, when you actually think about it, it's a harder decision to make than it seems.
But I'm going to tell you why it's actually worth it.
Why it is actually worth
waking up from this false reality, this false dream that you've painted in your head,
that everything's okay and things will
just figure themselves out eventually.
your first step down the path to fulfill your purpose of reaching your full capability in mind, body and spirit.
That first step will contain a lot of feelings, including an immense amount of uncertainty.
We're embracing the unknown.
Imagine a path
and it twists and turns and it goes down to deep valleys and it climbs
mountains that go above the clouds.
And it disappears somewhere off in the distance over the horizon or whatever.
And there stands a gate in between this path.
And once you open this gate, you cannot go back.
Now, at that point, you have two options.
And these two options are the very two options that you have right now.
You can either choose to remain stagnant, behind the gate, and play it safe.
or you can choose to embrace the unknown and choose the path of fulfillment and of purpose.
You don't know where it ends up.
You don't know what challenges you will face along the way.
You don't know who or what you will encounter.
But what it does give you is meaning.
The thing that all of us look for.
It's the why behind everything that we do.
And if you remember,
when I said that this path actually never truly ends, when you come to that realization,
it's scary at first.
But there's a beauty and understanding that the journey is actually all that I have.
It is what gives me meaning. This is it.
This is the experience
that makes it all worth it.
It's what gives life adventure.
It's what makes the experience worth living.
You don't get that when you choose to live a life of stagnation.
You've chosen to stand behind the gate
and simply wonder what could have been.
Now, I'm a firm believer that
if you simply make the decision to remove the distractions, eventually
you will get so sick and tired of looking at this path, wondering what could be.
Yeah, maybe it's risky, but so what?
I can't stand to stand here any longer.
I want to move.
I want to do things.
I want to accomplish things.
So what if I fail?
Who cares?
Anything is better than simply standing here, remaining stagnant,
missing out on what life truly has to offer.
Eventually you will reach that state where you simply embrace
the uncertainty; you embrace adversity and challenge, because what else? What's the alternative?
You can't experience actual happiness
without sadness, you can't experience success without failure, it wouldn't mean anything.
And you do not get that if you choose to live a life of stagnation,
if you choose to stand behind
the gate. That's why this video is
titled, the reality that you refuse to face.
You're so distracted by your phone or work or
drama or going to the bar or having a good time
that you're not actually looking up at what you're missing out on.
But I want you to know that it's your decision.
At the end of the day, you decide your fate.
You decide if you remain behind the gate
or if you embrace the journey.
But to actually get to a place where you can make that decision, you have to remove the distractions.
You have to wake up from this
false reality that everything's going to work itself out or I don't know.
Set aside time each day.
I'm not saying you have to throw your phone away.
Okay, that's unrealistic. I get that. I'm not one of those people that's like, whatever. I get it.
Use your phone. It's good. Go on YouTube.
But everything in moderation.
Okay.
All I'm saying is that if you simply set aside an hour out of your day,
each day to just sit
with yourself and reflect on your own thoughts.
Ask yourself questions.
Ask, what do you really want out of life?
What are you possibly missing out on? What does success actually mean to you?
And what are the things that you need to do to actually get that?
And eventually you will have enough knowledge, will have learned enough about yourself to realize what you actually truly want.
You'll realize that a life of stagnation simply is not a choice at all.
And then you will gain enough courage to take the first step to open the gate and embrace the uncertainty.
And you will say to yourself, I don't know where this path goes.
I don't know where it leads.
I don't know that it ever ends.
I understand that I most certainly will
face challenges and adversity and I will get lost but I will find my way.
And with each step
I will continue to learn and develop skills
become stronger and wiser and
more equipped with each and every step.
And I will meet friends and I will experience true accomplishment I will find success.
And I will make memories and I know
that then and only then I
will experience what true fulfillment is.
It is not here behind this gate.
My friend, that is the reality that you refuse to face.
Now what you do after this video, is entirely up to you.
But just know that with whatever you choose,
you will either remain behind the gate, or
you will take the first step.