“Time is just a component of speech.”
A Veteran’s Words
Life isn’t always black and white… It’s a million shades of grey. Life isn’t about knowing all the answers… It’s about becoming comfortable with the uncertainty. ❤ ❤
Hard Things To Hear
I recently had the privilege of listening to some amazing and heart-wrenching stories from people who have either experienced homelessness, faced poverty, or been through the justice system. This is something I took out of that experience…
“You don’t know what you would do if you were actually put in that situation- you simply don’t, and you can’t say you wouldn’t have done the same thing.”
You can not say you know what someone is going through if you have not been there yourself. You can be empathetic and be supportive, but never say you know what it’s like. And never say you wouldn’t have done something, because you’ll never know unless you experience that situation.
This is how we pass snap-judgements. We judge others’ actions without taking the time to understand their motives or the situation.
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You are a family of five that is living in poverty. You have just used the last of your paycheck since getting fired from your already low-paying job. You have three young children and a sick partner to feed and take care of- How will you manage? Getting a new job takes time and involves lots of paperwork. What if it’s too late by the time you find one? But wait! You are offered something. It involving dealing illegal drugs- will you take it?
There are three turnouts to this scenario …
- You take the job and get enough money to keep your family alive
- You take the job, get caught, and are sent to jail- your family starves
- You don’t take the job and you and your family starve to death
If this was your last option to keep your family from starving, if this was the only way, you can’t say you wouldn’t have taken it!
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If you yourself just read about a case involving a man caught selling drugs, your first thought would probably be ‘what a horrible person’ or ‘who is stupid enough to get involved with that’ or ‘he deserves what he’ll get’. But, what if the man convicted did that solely to save his family. You never know, and you can’t say you wouldn’t have done the exact same thing.
Trusting Time
“Give time time”
…Such a simple phrase, yet one that contains so much wisdom. Honestly, we get so caught up in planning for the future that we forget how to live in the present. We’re always thinking about what comes next rather than what is happening right now. We’re never able to take life day by day because of the way our society works- it’s nearly impossible!
Give time time. So what does that mean? Well, it means that we need to trust that things will happen when they’re suppose to happen. We need to believe that the universe has our best interests in mind. Everything happens for a reason, whether we figure out that reason in our lifetime or not. We need to give our life time to play out, leave time for things to happen, and give time time to work itself out. We are not the masters of time, we can’t control it, and we have no say in our ultimate fate.
We’ve become so impatient, not wanting to give time time. We want everything now. Society is becoming faster and faster. We no longer have to wait- we get results instantaneously. But, that means that we are getting used to having everything we want exactly when we want it. We don’t like to wait, we don’t want to work for things, and most of all, we crave a reassurance that the unpredictability of life just can’t give us.
You can’t speed time up or slow it down, so enjoy your wait, because that’s the best part. Once you have what you want, there’s nothing more to do. When there’s no more wait, you realize you’ve waisted what could have been something amazing and memorable just worrying about what was coming next.
…So, patience and trust is key in-order to change our mindsets. Time might be taking it’s sweet time, but it’ll happen if it’s meant to be.
The Nature Of Existence
Whether you are religious or not, I strongly recommend you listen to this! I found it very interesting and eye-opening. ❤ ❤
Is There A Purpose To Living?
“To live you must have faith. You must trust yourself to the totally unknown; to a nature which doesn’t have a boss.”
Meditation
“You don’t have to try to understand anything, just listen to the sound”
“Don’t repress thoughts through force”
“Breath can be a voluntary and involuntary action; you can feel you are doing it as well as that it is happening to you”
What If Money Was No Object?
We go through life with a goal: to make it through. Often times, we get so caught up in this natural instinct that we forget to actually live.
How often do you ask yourself… ‘Is this what I really want?’
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When you chose your career, did you choose it because it was your dream? Or because it was stable?
When you ended your old flame, was it because it wasn’t working? Or because you were scared that it was working?
When you discovered your true passion, did you pursue the idea? Or put it down because it was ‘unreasonable’?
When you make a decision, do you ask your own self first? Or do you go to someone who you feel would have a rational answer?
If you had an opportunity of the lifetime, would you pull your kids out of school for a memory they will never forget? Or would you stick with the safe option, and dismiss it?
If you only had a month to live, would you continue on as if it wasn’t real? Or would you really start to live?
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“Its absolutely stupid to spend your time doing things you don’t like; to teach your children to follow in the same track. We are bringing up children and educating them to live the same lives we are living so that they might find satisfaction in bringing up their children to do the same.”
What would you do if money was no object?
What would you do if you could do anything in the world?
Where would you go if you could go anywhere?
What do you really desire?
It’s My Life
It’s my life
It’s now or never
I ain’t gonna live forever
“I just wanna live while I’m alive”
Bon Jovi- It’s My Life
There is so much truth in this! Something as simple as a song lyric can change your perspective. 🙂
A Powerful Truth
“If you’re pushing the edge, eventually, you find the edge.”
-Jimmy Chin
Hope's Corner 