To Change from the Unwilling into Doers

I'm lazy, fat, and sluggish; ESPECIALLY after a good hearty meal from SONIC, a shake, and a looong lie-down on my roommates plush leather couch. Hell, I don't think anyone would want to move after that. So, in this situation, indulging occasionally is perfectly healthy. Key word, however, is occasionally. Now that we've excepted the exception, let's look at my point. *tee hee*

Life does not wait for us. God does.
Life does not love us. God does.
Life is survival of the fittest. God is the fittest who wants you to survive.
Life is cold. God is warm.
Life is always changing. God is always stable.
Life is good. God is better.

Everyone is born in sin. Whether your atheistic, paganistic, mormon, Christian or jewish, you would agree that humans are born into making mistakes; how we judge those mistakes is a definition of our different faiths. What would be the point of striving for more if the very moment you were born were the greatest moment in your life? So, we all can agree that kilargo emilio (rough Americanistic Italian spelling) "Wider is Better." No, not fat, just more.

So we all want more: to be more, to see more, to taste more, to love more, to kiss more, to get more... More more more. "And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willin' to trade ALL the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take away our lives, but they'll never take... OUR FREEDOM! [Crowd cheers] " -- *cough* Sorry, Braveheart moment.

But after everything we gain, at the end of our lives, was it really worth it to do everything we strove so hard to do?
"I want bigger breasts than Lisa..."
"I want a bigger pay check that John."
"I want a more expensive car than Dan."
"I want more beautiful children than Tammy."
I want... I want... I want... and when you're dying in your bed, or in your overturned car, or on the bathroom floor clutching your chest...
...was having bigger breasts worth it? Was having more money than the guy you never liked worth it? Was having a more powerful Mustang than Dan's really worth it? Was the beauty of Tammy's children really worth the time you spent angry at her?

Alright, so we've pointed out some uglier sides of life. Now, how the hell do we get over it?

To point out something common to us all - we all struggle with something. It doesn't really matter what it is. Some always have a negative attitude, some are always complaining, some have problems with language, some have addictions, mental or otherwise.

So how do we surpass these addictions?

Change our thoughts and attitudes. Don't let your feelings rule your life. Feelings are like desserts - taken in moderation but not your main diet. I could go more into the feelings side of it, that but is for another day, and a different rant.

I can give you plenty of advice depending on each particular situation, but since there are too many variables to give a general outlook, I'll give you what worked for me.

Somehow, for whatever reason, however it comes, I had something within me that needed to change and God finally changed it. It had something to do with my dad; while the actual block of knowledge that changed the tide has eluded me, the fact is that my life changed when God revealed things to me and I made the full and complete commitment to giving it all to him. When that happenned, my life began changing rapidly, and still is as a matter of fact.

My advice in general, is that you find that greater-than-yourself thing in life, and focus on it. Don't let excuses, problems or stumbling blocks change your sight from your goal. When you focus on your goal, your life will streamline into a diving eagle, straight for that dream. You will naturally change yourself into becoming what you want, but your focus must be absolute and your faith total.

"A wandering man is as focused as his mind; without a focus he will remain in the wastelands of eternity without ever finding today," - Johnathan Cross.