It's the things that bring you to tears that are worth writing about. I haven't let anyone tell me different.
It's the things that make me stop everything I'm doing to get it all down because if I don't, it will never make sense to me. And perhaps it never does.
But by writing it down, passing it on to another, it will become clearer. It's always the first draft that you see here and only edited while it's being laid out through my fingertips. My weathered, sometimes quivering and sometimes aggressive fingertips. Aggressiveness due to urgency since the faster I get it down, the faster I can read it over and over to feel it again.
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There are so many positives to success that are worth mentioning. You know, the ones that no one ever acknowledges. The underlying emotions and motivators, not the material possessions. You must be able to tell the difference here and now. Family is a possession. Friends are possessions. Unfortunately, or fortunately if you look at it like me, these are disposable things. You can change them, dismiss them. Ignore them, even. That's what people do when they want to succeed. That's what jiu-jitsu champions do when they want to succeed. Maybe you don't notice it because it's the denial of relationships altogether that is at play. Having never built a relationship, one can't be distracted, or needed. Can't afford to be needed. Or maybe you don't notice it because it hasn't happened to you.
Finding something you want brings ultimate greed. You will never know what it feels like to succeed if you haven't wanted something so badly that you would be willing to give up everything for it. You will never know true happiness if you haven't suffered enough to get it. You will never know what defeat feels like if you haven't given everything in the process. You will never truly experience victory unless you've lost ten times before. It's the binary oppositions that make one thing make sense because it gains worth through what its not. And the more of one means it mirrors to the other. Without life there would never be death and without sun there would never be dark. It would just be one thing all the time, never needing a specific name and never having to hold meaning. The larger the gap between these two, the greater the two will be.
Live your life in extreme oppositions. I'm telling you right now. Be all-or-nothing and know your worth. I've seen the greatest human beings created from tragedy. I always thought I needed to rise up from tragedy in order to be considered weathered, tarnished and therefore worth more. But don't wait for lightening to strike you. Just do what you feel is extreme and be the farthest removed you can from what you are now.
And don't stop. Never stop. You begin with a boulder. A boulder that carries a lot of weight whether it's the physical pounds that are holding you down, the overbearing person in your life, the fear in your heart. You get it moving, you push it out of the way and it gets easier. Sometimes starting on your own will never happen. Surround yourself with people who can help you move your boulder whether they serve a literal purpose or just a purpose in the form of moral support. People who are onto the same goals will push boulders together and in turn, help keep the momentum going.
If you settle, you will need to push a boulder again. Sometimes you have rocks, an avalanche, a defeat. A financial setback, a natural disaster, a loss of someone or something. As long as you have your momentum, it won't be half has hard to deal because you are moving, you're walking, running, bolting through.
Make analogies and you'll see things clearer, I promise. Everything in life already exists, you just have to see it a certain way because it takes different forms. Don't let it fool you. The amount of experience you have can translate into any situation which only furthers your understanding, allowing you to prepare for the presence later in life.
My advice will only go so far and you will only trust so much of it, but that's your right. I surround myself with people who will help me to move my boulders, teach me new perspectives and most of all, keep me moving. As long as you remain aware, you'll notice what is holding you back from moving forward and you are entitled to remove it, get past it and leave it in your dust.
Or you can remain the same.
