There Is A Price To Pay For Most Of Our Actions

                                  "It is unreasonable to think we can earn rewards
                                          without being willing to pay the true price.
                                              It is always our choice whether or not
                                         we wish to pay the price for life's rewards."
                                                                         - Epictetus

As human beings we all have the power of choice in our lives. 

We can control our future, today, months, weeks, days, to take the right action every day that will move us one step closer to our goals and what we desire for our future and our life. Or we can decide to do nothing, which is also a choice.

One important thing... we must make the right choices that will move us along on our path to success. We can never allow anyone else to choose for us.

You and I must decide for ourselves. Never turn over that responsibility to someone else or you will end up living someone else's plan for your life and I don't believe that will make anyone happy. 

"Success is never on discount." 

- Eric Thomas

The sooner you realize that your success is your own personal responsibility and to rely mostly on yourself, the sooner you will be free.
Remember... you can change anything right now in your life, that you don't like. Make the decision to change and start to take a few action steps in the direction you have decided to move.

No one is going to do things for us. 

We choose our behaviors, our values, our habits, our friends, our reference group, who and what we listen to, what we read, what we focus on most of the time and our attitudes. 

We can choose the easy way out... or the hard way in. 

"The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it." 

- Henry David Thoreau

 Your life is your choice.

Are you doing the best you can with your given gifts?

Are you creating the life  that you have the potential to do?

Are you listening to the right voices? And reading the right books?

Are you choosing safety, security and mediocrity instead of venturing out in the unknown and discover what you are actually capable of doing?

Have you accepted the status quo?

Are you choosing the right friends and reference group?

Will you go through life accepting that you can't change anything and being part of the masses striving for living in their comfort zones?

Are you curious? Are you willing to learn? Are you asking enough questions? You will learn by asking new questions.

Life rewards those who brave the stormiest skies.

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Outgrowing The Old You

                                                       You've outgrown the old you. 

                You're uncomfortable because your old life doesn't fit you anymore.

A common problem that happens to a lot of people when they change, grow, become more empowered and successful, a lot of people around them won´t like it.

They want you to remain the same. Be just like the them.
When you become successful at something, unfortunately a lot of your old friends will become envious.
Maybe you remind them of something that they should do for themselves. Maybe they have tried to do what you now are doing, without success and they can´t accept that you were able to do it.
That you were able to succeed.

When we change and grow as individuals a few things in our lives will happen.

1. Either people and friends around us will find it interesting, but they don´t want to change.
    But it is OK that we have changed.
2. They don´t like our change and they don´t want to be around us any more.
     So they leave. At least for right now.
3. They like what they see in us and they also want to learn, grow and change.

Now what each individual is willing to do is up to them.
We can not tell them what to do.

It's okay to outgrow people, places and things. Keep moving forward.

All we can do is to continue on our own path and hope some of our friends will follow.
But if they don´t we must not be afraid to let go of a few friends .
There will be more along the way that might be a better match for us and where we are in life.
And hopefully after a while the old friend(s) will come along.

But if they don´t we must keep on going.
Don´t fall back into the old way again because it will never work for you.
Once you have grown and gotten bigger you will not be willing to go back to living the small life again. You simply won´t fit in it.
It´s like wearing clothes that you outgrew several years ago. They won´t fit you anymore.

It's okay if you don't fit into your old life anymore.

The truth is that as we would love for our friends to follow but they seldom do.
They remain stuck. And until they are willing to change and grow there is nothing that we can do.
The faster we recognize this the happier we will be.

We just have to lead by example. Continue on our new path.
New exciting friend will eventually appear.
Any maybe some of your old friends will eventually follow.
But never under any circumstances should you go back to living the small and dis-empowering life again.

Keep on walking your new path.

Don't feel bad for outgrowing people. They had the  chance to grow too and they didn't. 

 

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