1. We control everything in our Lives.
At some point, we chose the job we have, chose to purse the skills we’ve obtained, and the partner we date, while also choosing not to go for any other career, other skills, or another person in our lives.
We had the power to chose differently at any point in time, but we never made use of it.
The point is that anything we have was, at some point, chosen by us or chosen not to be changed.
This means we have the Responsibility for what comes into our lives. Whatever we chose to do right now, and whatever we chose not to do, will determine our future.
2. We have to find our own path.
With #1 being said, it is up to us to decide what path we walk. No matter what anyone else says, no matter how nice their advice or how convincing it may seem, in the end we have to walk the path ourselves.
We have to deal with whatever consequences the path presents, good or bad, and regardless of whether we chose it ourselves or not. No one can take that responsibility from us.
That being said, we are also free to choose to go against everyone, free to choose to live life by our own means, and free to do whatever we want! It’s our life, our choice and our responsibility.
It is our path.
3. No Emotion is 'Negative'.
Just because we get angry, scared or sad does not mean that those emotions are 'negative'.
Every moment of Sadness teaches us about ourselves, every moment of Fear teaches us about our limits, and every moment of Anger teaches us about what we want.
Every Emotion is there for a Reason, all we need to do is find that reason, which we will not do as long as we resist the emotion.
Once we accept our emotions for what they are without judgement we get to see beyond the emotion itself, find the cause, and either get less of it or more of it depending on whether or not we want that emotion in our lives.
4. Everyone is the Star in their own Movie, and we are just Extras.
No one cares about you all that much. Most people just view you as an extra and will not even remember your face 5 seconds later.
Because of this, and because they are the star of their own movie, they will also completely disregard you most of the times. To you, this seems like they are against you, but they are just really for themselves.
People focus mostly on their own life and living it the best they can, without too much care about what that does to others.
And while this is a scary thought, it also liberates. For it does not matter who you are, you will still be an extra, so you might as well just be yourself; everyone will forget about you soon anyway.
Live your own life, be yourself, and do what you think is right regardless of who’s watching, because, while everyone else views you as an extra, you view yourself as the Star of this movie called “Life”.
5. Tomorrow never comes the way you think it will.
If you do not do things today, you will not be able to do them tomorrow, for tomorrow will not be the way you think it will be.
This is both true for the good and the bad things, and is also as true for tomorrow as it is for 10 years from now.
Your future will not turn out the way you think it will on it’s own. There is no magic secret, no one will gift you your dream for free and it will not come unless you do something to make it happen.
Then, when you do it will still not turn out the way you think, but it will at least be closer.
The point is that you cannot wait too long to make your life what you want it to be. Life is happening now and you are alive today! Do what you enjoy and do what will bring you forward in a balance that does not leave you with any regrets.
After all, you only have one shot at it all.
-Lukas Schwekendiek
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