Chances For Improvement

TODAY'S QUOTE:
"Our lives improve only when we take chances --- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.".... Walter Anderson

The chances we take that make the most positive differences are the ones our soul demands for its own health and survival. We can only ignore its voice for so long before giving in, or risking lasting damage of the worst sort. A souls death is a voluntary occurrence... others can do things that make you soul-sick, but if you step past that point it's suicide. And being dead inside is a most brutal existence that can be avoided by placing more faith in your own ability to find true peace and happiness then you do in anyone else.

You're truly the master of just how much power you waste trying to pass that responsibility onto someone else. Some people may pretend that they're the one and only answer to all that ails you. They may be so convincing that you believe that soul deep and alter every move you make to dance to a tune they idly hum. You may be the one who convinces them that they hold the saviors role in your happily ever after drama. Either way it's bullshit! You've got to dig past the fairytales to reach reality... there really isn't any other way.  

We play follow the leader with our peers easily enough, yet too rarely follow the dictates of a part of ourselves that is designed to teach us how to find real peace. True balance comes from the inside out, but we all too often insist on looking outward for answers. Whatever it is that we need to become whole is found internally and the map is written on our souls. Once we reach that depth we don't have to search, all we need to do is listen to that quiet voice and follow its directions.

Sounds simple doesn't it? Life is truly made much more complex by our own foolishness. When the solution seems too simple to be viable it's a human frailty to dismiss it as not worth the effort of a fair trial. But I promise you that it's the only way to get there from wherever it is you're wandering. Sometimes what it asks is brutal; facing hard truths about yourself and the ones you love isn't an easy task. But until the facts are accepted it's impossible to change whatever you must to make final peace and end all internal battles.

Shut out all the chatter around you and tune into yourself. Stop acting as clueless as a sheep led to the slaughter and think before you take actions you can't take back. Refuse to hold the tail of the rut-walker in front of you and scale the side to stand on firm ground. Rip the blinders off before your next step takes you off the side of a cliff you didn't even know was there. Look deep inside, peace is waiting for you there. And as always.... think about it.... let it ride.... then you decide!!!!