Sunday, June 1, 2014

Find your backbone and you find your peace (#1948)

There are two ways you can go once you find your backbone. You can stand up for what you know in your heart and mind is right or you can stand up for what you hope in your heart and mind is right. Personally, I choose to stand up for the right that actually exists and not the one that I hope exists. Of course either choice is moot if you don't first find your backbone. When fear has you gripped in it's clutches then something in your life needs to change. No one should have to live in constant fear of being themselves. But as the case is many do because they feel trapped into an existence they see no way out of. Well, life is hard and hard choices are part of life. Taking the easy way instead of fighting for the right way is practical at times but not worthy of any pride in oneself. To get out of fear we must first identify the root of it. Are you so strategically hampered by it that no way out is possible? Have you quit being a person and instead allowed yourself to be a servant or an object? Has life so left you without options that being afraid is now your delusional friend? The first step toward changing your life and finding your backbone is as simple as going to the library. Yes, the library. That is where books are stored for reading and learning about the things in life that matter. You are the catalyst for your own survival, not someone else. Allowing yourself to gain knowledge is your way out of fear. Sometimes more immediate actions are necessary as that fear may manifest itself in ways where others will retaliate on you quickly if you do not succumb to their fearful tactics. Even still their are resources in those libraries which will help you to overcome those immediate threats. I know how hard it is to improve our lives out of fear, but there is no other way to find peace than to find your backbone and stand against fear.

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