Category: Questions

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?

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Economics

A little different than the usual…
But this is something I strongly recommend you make yourself aware of and stay informed on these issues.

“The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.”

-Albert Einstein 

This quote just struck me when I came across it because it is such a powerful truth- I completely agree. I believe that this very thing will ruin our world if we don’t start doing something about it. If we as a nation, as individuals, think we can just stand by and let the atrocities of this world happen, then we are already doomed. With things that don’t effect us as individuals, maybe even that we aren’t fully aware of, it can be easy to just say ‘let someone else deal with it’. But, if we continue to just make those excuses, continue to be bystanders, nothing will change- it will only get worse.

International Bill of Rights

  • The right to equality and freedom from discrimination.
  • The right to life, liberty, and personal security.
  • Freedom from torture and degrading treatment.
  • The right to equality before the law.
  • The right to a fair trial.
  • The right to privacy.
  • Freedom of belief and religion.
  • Freedom of opinion.

Yet these horrible things have happened… and are still happening in our world today:

  • Genocide
  • The poverty crisis
  • Conditions in sweat shops
  • Unfair trials
  • Prostitution
  • Torture and abuse
  • Child labor
  • Slavery
  • Rape
  • The denial of education

It is all about the money- What can we gain out of doing this? How will this benefit us? It seems nobody does anything out of the kindness of their hearts anymore; there’s always strings attached!

WE NEED TO TAKE A STAND- THE SMALL ACTIONS MATTER!

We need to be aware of these unjust actions, not turn a blind eye, and not just let these, as well as plenty more atrocities, go unnoticed.

These are a few resources if you would like to look further into this topic:

https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2018/country-chapters/united-states

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/the-lack-of-basic-human-rights-around-the-world-a-harrowing-reality-9913644.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/23/amnesty-ten-global-hotspots-for-major-human-rights-violations-in-2017.html

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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. 🙂

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Making Our Mark

“I’m going to die one day probably without ever having left my mark on this silly little planet. I’m going to die an anonymous, meaningless speck of dust.”

I feel a lot of us have this fear that we aren’t going to leave our marks. We constantly have this question in our minds about what our purpose is in life. I myself am scared to leave this world without leaving my mark. When you think about it, what is the point in living if you don’t make some kind of difference- if you don’t somehow justify your existence. It is really scary to think about.

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I wanna do something better with the time I’ve been given

I wanna try to touch a few hearts in this life

And leave nothing less than something that says, “I was here”

– “I Was Here,” sung by “Lady Antebellum.”

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“Maybe we have this mindset because we have always been told things like “you only live once” and deep down we all want that ‘once’ to be just significant enough. Although we do know that our ‘once’ isn’t gonna make any difference to this world with such a vast number of people all living their ‘once’. “Oblivion is inevitable” (John Green). But still who wouldn’t want to leave a trace of their existence knowing that this is all you are gonna get. We all know that one day, we are gonna die. For a while our loved ones will be devastated, they will cry. But eventually, they will move past it because they will get busy with their ‘once’. Years after, your great grand children will not even know your name- even though you are the reason for their mere existence, yet they possibly wouldn’t care about yours.” –a wise soul

But, this is how life works. This is what our existence is for. It isn’t to be remembered for who we were, but for what we did. People don’t have to know our names for something to really count. It is about the nameless gestures that we do, the things we do when nobody is watching, the things we do that we don’t even realize. Making a mark in this world, in our lives, doesn’t have to be big. Something as simple as touching one person by doing on single thing is making a mark. Who knows, that one thing could even change the trajectory of that person’s whole life- and shouldn’t that be enough?

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A Question Of Sacrifice

Interesting view point! Thoughts??

We have a choice…

To live our life in fast motion or slow- there isn’t really an in-between.

This means either taking the bad times in life slowly, but making the good times last..

Or making the bad times go by faster, but letting the good times in life slip by fast too.

…And at some point, we have to make that sacrifice.

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Simple Life Lessons

As I went to purchase a new mascara, I looked for the exact same brand. I didn’t want to take the risk, even though I could end up with an even better one, because there was a chance that the different brand could be worse. So, I stuck with the safe option, because I wasn’t willing to take the risk.

Things as simple as this can open our eyes to a valuable life truth…

In life we tend to go with the safe options. We don’t like taking risks because we are afraid of the unknown. We are also afraid of change in a way. There’s this thought that is always hovering in the back of our mind saying, ‘well, it could be worse’. We forget that there is an equal chance that it could be better!

“I’ve been thinking a lot lately about taking chances, and how it’s really just about overcoming your fears. Because the truth is, every time you take a big risk in your life, no matter how it ends up, you’re always glad you took it.”

“If you want it, go for it. Take a risk. Don’t always play it safe or you’ll die wondering.”

“Take chances, take a lot of them. Because honestly, no matter where you end up and with whom, it always ends up just the way it should be. Your mistakes make you who you are. You learn and grow with each and every choice you make. Everything is worth it. Say how you feel, always. Be you, and be okay with it.”

“Live your dreams and take risks. Life is happening now.”

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Sayings About Time

The trouble is you think you have time.

You truly don’t know how much you care about something until it’s lost.

If not now- then when?

The only thing we should fear is not taking chances.

Today is all you’ve got!

What you are seeking is seeking you.

In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take.

You might as well see so you don’t spend your life wandering or waiting.

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You can’t change the past- so why dwell on it? Instead, change the future.

❤ ❤ ❤

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You may always love someone, but it doesn’t mean you’ll always be in-love with them.

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Fixing Our World

article by: Gary Haugen, Gregg Hunter

In the face of massive suffering, one has to ask: Why does such great evil triumph in the world? The histories now written make one thing clear: It could have been stopped. And we missed it.

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”

If this is true, then why do good men and women do nothing… Rationally, we understand it’s happening, but we don’t know what it’s really like…

Poverty of compassion

To be honest, do you know what I’m passionate about every day? Me. I am enamored with the shriveled world of me and mine. Most often, my first thought in the morning and my final thought as I drift off to sleep at night revolves around me. I have poverty of compassion.

There are two standards by which we judge events in the world: near or far. If it is near to us, we care about it. If an event is happening on the other side of the world, we have a hard time working up concern or compassion about it: “Out of sight, out of mind” or “It doesn’t affect me personally, so it’s not my problem”.

As I expand my exposure to other peoples, other traditions, other problems, I better identify with the pain in others’ lives and develop a more magnanimous compassion. I am discovering the mysterious joy of opening my heart to the world.

Poverty of purpose

Bending the purpose of my life towards increasingly petty things and away from the grander purpose outside myself.

C.S. Lewis once wrote, “We must picture Hell as a state where everyone is perpetually concerned about his own dignity and advancement, where everyone has a grievance, and where everyone lives the deadly serious passions of envy, self-importance, and resentment.”

Poverty of hope

In the face of overwhelming evil and injustice, we often feel powerless. And that powerlessness paralyzes us and steals our hope. When the problems are so big and so bad, can we really make a difference anyway? Barriers stand in our way that take away our hope. Should we even try? We are paralyzed by the poverty of hope because, first, we underestimate the value of a single life. And second, we underestimate the power of just freeing up our hands and our hearts from unworthy distractions.

What would this nation and world look like if we began to lead with riches of compassion, grandness of purpose, and an abundance of hope?

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