When you look in the mirror do you like what do you see? Are you happy with the man that you have become? If you can answer that question with an unequivocal “Yes”, great. If you can’t, that’s okay too.
The fact is that many people wish they had done more or accomplished more in their lives. What separates the people that are happy with themselves from the people that aren’t is they understand that no one is perfect.
The ones that can honestly say they are happy with themselves find ways to keep pushing after failures and hard times. They don’t compare themselves to others or base their importance on what strangers are doing.
All of our lives are filled with ups and downs, no matter how rich or poor. The beauty of life is that each one of us is writing a unique story. Every day you get up you are adding pages and chapters to a story that no one could duplicate.
Yes, some people have better starts than others and more privileges but what good is it to sit back and worry about what someone else has and what you don’t have?
Today you have an opportunity to move your life in whatever direction you choose. If there is something you’d like to do, start moving in that direction. If you are not sure what you want to do, pick something that interests you and get active.
That’s where I was for a while. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do or where I wanted to go so, I was just sitting still. Then I came to the realization that I can’t be led down the right path if I’m never in motion.
Let me repeat that — You cannot be led in the right direction if you are not in motion.