Everyday, our life begins anew. Some say our lives today are an extension of our lives yesterday, but I beg to differ.
One day, you could be a lost, confused mess in a sea of certainty. It’s as if everyone else knows who the are now and who they wish to become in the future except you. It’s as if you’re the only one who holds doubts and has insecurities. You believe you are inadequate.
The next day, you could be surprisingly confident in yourself. It’s as if the qualms of yesterday never happened. You feel unstoppable, courageous, empowered! You know who you are and who you wish to become. You belief that fate put you on this earth, but you’ve chosen your destiny.
You’re on this unbelievable high, and then… emptiness. The euphoria, the empowerment, the feeling of excitement – it’s vanished. You begin to once again feel inadequate.You wonder how this feeling of certainty came about so quickly, and yet, feel so permanent. As if you’ve felt you were always this confident. And as if you knew that this euphoria would be swiftly taken away.
You’ve only just begun to feel the breeze
A light bulb goes off in your head. You know why this happens. The winds of change have blown past you. Your life may be in an abysmal state. Your life may even be in a state of joy. Regardless, the winds of change know no deeds – good or evil. They know of no one’s past or future, only the present. The winds can make life significantly better… or make it much worse.
With no one to command them, the winds blow aimlessly, as if searching for one who believes themselves worthy.
Ride the winds of change
Do you want your life to be different than was before? Are you ready to ride the winds of change? You must not let them blow right past you, offering some semblance of a better life and then whisking it away. Take control. Allow the winds to augment your actions. Consistent action begets consistent action. Sameness begets sameness. Difference begets difference.
You cannot expect things to change with life blowing you in every direction. Life (just like the winds on which you should ride) seeks a master. One who takes responsibility for his own actions.You must grab hold of your life and destiny, and command them.
“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean
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Love this post! One of the greatest things that’s happened to me over the past year is learning that I can accept — and create — change in my life. It’s taken me a long time to realize that I have the ability to create the life I want (mostly because I was afraid of changing), but now that I have I realize that my life is SO much better. Thanks for this post — I feel inspired!
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Hey Dani, glad you liked it! Don’t fear change, embrace it. Take command of it. Guide it to where you want to be.
I wanted to do something different with this post and I’m happy you got something out of it. Thank you
We can’t control the world outside, but we can control out actions, our thinking and thus, influence the world. Which is a pretty joyful thing to realize.
Eduard
Ideas With A Kick´s last blog ..Personal development ideas I can do without
Thanks a lot, Eduard for your insights. Ride the winds of change, and use them to shape your future. As it’s been said over and over again, you have a lot more power than you realize.
Really liked that one and especially the quote in the end by JImmy Dean about adjusting your sails. It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that we can’t control anything simply because we don’t control everything. The reality is that we need to search for our desires and have intentions so that we can begin to lean in the direction we feel we are supposed to. We then need to trust that everything will fall into place the way it is supposed to. However, we always do need to plant the seed. Great post…
alternaview – Sibyl´s last blog ..The path to a great day: stringing together high quality moments
Great thoughts, Sibyl. Take the course of action that leads to the most reward, even though you might not be 100% sure you’ll reach there. Tag along for the ride. Adjust your sails and don’t look back. Your life is sure to be good.
John, this is a very powerful post. I love the message of self empowerment in a world we cannot control. We must take control of our ships, adjust our sails, and capture that wind of change. I really like it when a writer can capture much feeling in a short post, great job.
Eric | Eden Journal´s last blog ..The Shoveler and his Golden Shovel
Thanks, Eric! I really tried to write from the heart – I had a blast writing this post
Great post John!,
Specially liked the quote at the end, but I agree with everything, change is something with must accept and embrace, because nothing in the world is ever the same, life is not a continuation from one day to another, one day you walk passed a tree and the next day you walk past it again but this time that tree has changed, it’s leaves a yellower, some may have fallen off, some may have started growing, but if such a thing occurs to mere trees that stand in the same place all day, imagine what must happen to us who are in constant movement…
Keep up the great writings
Matthew
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Hey Matt! Welcome to the blog. Every time we wake up, our lives begin anew. We don’t have to live a life doomed by negativity. We can change that path – that’s what makes life worth living.
Thanks for your kind words.
John,
This is such a wonderful work of writing and motivation.
Change is a wonderful phenomenon if and only if we keep and open mind and embrace it. As the winds of change come our way all we can do is control our direction …and that control is what will take us to the right highs we want to go to in our life.
This is such a powerful message.
Amazing Post
Zeenat{Positive Provocations}´s last blog ..The Decision To Be You
Hey Zeenat!
I’m not going to let the winds rule my life. They can push and pull me every which way, but only I can decide the course. Only I can decide when my journey ends.
Nice post John I liked that you said ‘everyday our life begins anew’, that is so true.
We can learn to follow the winds of change and by following, we will know the pattern, if we know the pattern we can get the winds to follow us.
Steven Aitchison´s last blog ..7 Ways to Make Your Life More Meaningful
Steven, long time no see. I’m assuming everything’s going well
Take command of the winds, my friend. It’s not always easy, but life’s never easy. We have to look for the patterns and embrace the ups and downs that come with change.
Great insights, Steven and thanks for everything