What does it mean to be dedicated? To commit to a person or
an idea, what does that mean? some people are so committed to their belief
system that they will strap on a bomb and blow you up so that they can achieve
whatever it is they achieve in that religion. How much do you believe? What are
you willing to do? In my life I’ve been dedicated to ideas, people, projects,
love, the future, a bunch of things. To be dedicated to something or someone, I
think, takes a lot of passion and faith. Most of the time we are dedicated
blindly without knowing what the real outcome will be. I believe in myself. One of the only things
that I can be certain of is that I am real or at least that I exist in some
form or fashion. My thoughts are real to me. My feelings are real to me. I’m
not sure if they are 100% to be trusted but since I’ve at least acknowledged
them and embraced them, I think I’ve been better off. I’ve been criticized greatly
about the decision I’ve made. Some people I’m close to think I make dumb
decisions. They can agree that I’m smart and they can agree that I will do
great things on day, but I think that is as far their faith goes in my ability
to make a positive decision in the direction of a successful life. Part of being dedicated is to have an idea of
results in the actions your taking. I’ve heard a time or two that “making it is
never what you expected”. But that’s what I really want to know, are you
dedicated enough to accept the results no matter if they are what you expected
or not? The thing about following your heart or your intuition is that things
sometimes look ugly, sometimes things get really bad. But how dedicated are
you? Or how much do you believe in whatever it is to stick with it, to fight
through the end? Because I have been scrutinized for every move I’ve ever made
and to tell you the truth for me it looks bad, not horrible just bad. But I feel
like I’m just being shown something. There’s a bridge being built in my life to
get the next level, whatever it may be I’m dedicated to seeing this thing out.
I’m learning patients, I’m learning self-respect, I’m forming new goals, and
old limitations are disappearing. I’m not going to act like every day is easy.
Because following what you believe in is sometimes scary. It’s following the
road less traveled. It’s not how I was raised but it’s something that I believe
is the best thing and I’m going follow this thing out and see where it gets me.
The thing about stating all of this is that people will read
this, and I’m talking more about the people who know me, and say I’m dumb for blindly
doing what I believe in and I should just do this and do that and then they
look at their life and wish and pray for something to be different. I think you’re
in a sad state if you dream and don’t have a will to follow it. Or you’re too
scared to put yourself out there. The worst thing that can happen is that you
will fail and find out that’s not a way to do it or prove everybody right. But
what if you succeed? What if you get everything you dream of? It’s the
difference in settling for something you know you hate (or eventually will hate)
to taking a chance to better your situation. You may not know where you’re
walking to but you know what you’re walking away from. You should never
discourage anyone who is willing to change their life by taking a leap of faith
or taking a great chance. Don’t you know that is how every great story is made?
When we were kids we had this vision of life. We had dreams and at the time
they were realistic to us. I mean I was probably never going to marry Halle Berry
but you get what I’m saying. Down the line between people telling us we couldn’t
do it and having to do whatever we had to do, we lost sight of those dreams and
didn’t believe they were possible. Fuck that!! They are possible. I’m a dreamer
and a believer. The world was founded on dreaming and believing. I’m going to
continuing doing so because nothing exists without being dreamed up and
believed in first. Dream of being all that you want to be and believe in
yourself and in your dream. You can’t go wrong.
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