Matt: Each one of us has a vision for what life should be like each one of us has
dreams desires and goals that we would like to achieve it's just part of who we
are it's just part of being human beings we don't see other species on the planet
having goals and going after them their lives revolve around survival and
survival only but not us we are dreamers we are imagined aters
and our existence means so much more than just survival we can achieve
anything that we set our minds to that's the power of being a human and yet we
see people struggling with their lives all around us today the majority of
people out there are not truly happy instead of pursuing their dreams and
doing what they love to do they're doing what they have to do and this makes
themselves miserable it would make anybody miserable as they say the heart
wants what the heart wants not just with women and dating but with
everything in life and going against that is a recipe for disappointment it's
only logical and obvious that we ought to follow our hearts and do what we
desire and yet we witnessed the exact opposite of it in the real world most of
the time so what's stopping us is it fear is it laziness what the heck is it
whatever it is we owe it to ourselves to overcome it because life is not meant to
slave away doing mind-numbing monotonous jobs all day long and one day just
fading away from existence like it was all for nothing
life is but a fleeting shadow in the context of our greater reality and
before we know it it's all over gone there's nothing left except for
regrets during the last stage of our lives if we don't live a life worth
remembering and there can be no greater tragedy than just that do you really
want that to be your story not by any chance but to prevent that we mean to
figure out what's stopping us from fulfilling our desires
and living our dreams and achieving our goals doing that means confronting our
own selves and this is where most people fail in the first place because
confronting others may be easy but with our cells it's not always so easy what
we mean to be brave and the first step is often the one that's the most
difficult but we mean to take it anyways more often than not we find that we keep
making excuses to ourselves it's weird looking for excuses to not achieve
something while at the same time wanting to achieve it but that's the truth
it's the ironic story of our lives excuses keep us in our comfort zones and
it's our minds way of not having to deal with the challenges in life or the new
things the people or the situation that life brings you whether we're
complaining about not having enough time or not having enough energy or money to
pursue our dreams we're just making excuses plain and simple it's like we
keep ourselves chained sometimes we're just our worst enemy and we need to ask
ourselves this has anybody ever achieved anything by remaining in their bubble in
their comfort zone course not if we want to achieve anything we have to get out
of our comfort zones out of our shell and come face-to-face with the world we
need to leave behind the status quo the the comfort the familiarity of our old
lives to go where we want to go it's scary but it can be done in fact it's
necessary fear is a great deterrent for most people in fact Jim Carrey once said
in a speech so many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as
practicality what we really want seems impossibly out of reach and ridiculous
to expect so we never dare to ask the universe for it you couldn't have said
it any better because being fearful is natural it happens to every single
person but when it comes in the way of our dreams it's yet another obstacle
that we have to overcome and it's the fear of fear itself that keeps most
people from taking that plunge from taking you know that leap of faith we
don't even realize that it's all in our heads and if we're only able to muster
up just a little bit of courage fear would be dispelled no matter how fearful
we are or how unsure or how unprepared we just need to start start somewhere
they say the journey of a thousand miles begins with just one step and every
single step forward no matter how small is a step closer to your goal if it
comes to it crawl for God's sakes but crawl forward and keep crawling keep
moving never stop and never give up keep fighting and use that fire within you to
ignite your path forward that will illuminate your path just take a look at
successful people be it a businessman or a celebrity they look like normal people
like everybody else but they took a chance they toiled away at their goal
and they failed over and over again but they got back up and they tried again
and they tried and tried until they manifest their dreams into what they
wanted into reality we've all heard those rags to riches stories just
imagine how hard it was for them to start when they weren't even able to
feed themselves imagine the level of their mental strength and their
determination to be able to keep at it despite failing again and again don't
fear failure it's the single best teacher that will ever come across we
always learn more from failure than from actually succeeding in fact it's the
lessons learnt after we fail that are what enable us to achieve success to
reach the top and to stay there obstacles are okay don't fear them treat
them as stepping stones they make us wiser failures and obstacles are what
shape us into that person so let them no matter how hard it seems to get there's
always a way out of it so stay calm and look for that way look for the way of
light in a room full of darkness have a little faith my friend and don't let
your emotions get the better of you especially during the rough times
it's just our stupid survival instincts kicking in and trying to build a cocoon
of safety around us but be smart use that very survival instinct to fight the
situation and it will lead to victory remember it takes
time to reach the finish line and the time required will be different for
everybody but it doesn't matter it's not a competition it's not a race we're all
writing our own stories as we go and we're doing it at a different pace and
in our own styles and the important part is reaching there in the end remember
everything worth having in life it demands some blood sweat and even some
tears that's just the way it is and that way it tastes a lot sweeter overnight
successes that usually take many many years of work and failure and if we
start our journeys expecting to be an overnight success
it will only leave us disappointed in the end it's only having a disciplined
journey that ensures that we will realize our goals and ultimately it is
the journey that will matter more than anything else we're human beings were
freakin built for this stuff for centuries we've solved countless
dilemmas and we've reached new heights again and again letting absolutely
nothing stop us we just need to realize our full potential and have the strength
and the courage to take things head-on and strength and courage are inside all
of us we just need to find them