There was a time when I use to think my greatest dreams were just that, dreams. I’d put my headphones on at night, close my eyes and dream a different dream to a different song every night, and sometimes, if I really liked the dream I’d listen to the same song again and relive it over and over as if it were a reality. But why couldn’t they be? I’ve spent so much of my time and energy surrounded my limiting beliefs that I was some how unworthy of creating a life beyond my wildest dreams. After all life is greater than just yourself. I had all the right tools but no directions on how to assemble my thoughts.
As time went on, I’d do the same thing, put my headphones on and travel to another place in another time. Every dream was always in years to come never based on something I had already lived. When I’d wake up, I’d always think “wow I can’t wait for this day to actually happen.” Little did I know that it was within my own power to make all those kick-ass dreams my realities. It’s hard sometimes when you’re stuck in a mindset that seems impossible to break free from. That life is happening around you and you’re just watching it from the outside. And honestly the most fundamental step in creating a life that you’re passionate about, that you feel fulfillment and joy in comes from asking yourself the hard shit. One thing I hear a lot is that people are trying to create a life that brings them happiness hence the pursuit of happiness. And the reason why I used the word ‘joy’ instead of happiness in my previous sentence was because joy it not tied with external circumstances. Whereas happiness is much too often based on other people, places or things; essentially giving all your power away.
Now the premise of happiness is a large topic, and is often strongly tied to things like relationships, marriage, jobs, material items etc… relationships probably being the biggest one of them all. So, when you’re constantly pursuing happiness based on external factors how can you ever be truly happy when the happiness isn’t really yours? This concept has taken me a lot of god damn hardship and has set me back in countless ways that I could not live out my dreams unless someone else gave me the ok, or supported me, or told me I was doing a good job. I needed that validation to be happy or so I thought. Turns out what I really needed was to not give a fuck and do what my heart desired because at the end of the day the only person I want to make proud is me, the only person I need to hustle for is me. My goals, my dreams, my success, and happiness will never again be based on any external factors- strictly within because happiness is an inside job!
Now when I put my headphones on and I play my music, the things I think about, I do. The thoughts I think, I jot down and turn them into realities or sometimes poetry. There is nothing unattainable that this life has that is intangible to me. And it all begins with making the decision that you are worth more. That what you have to offer is important and that most of all you are your greatest superpower so quit handing it over to other people.
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