Making a Change

There's a certain sort of change that all of us, as individuals, can make. We're not particularly inclined to do so, because it doesn't sound like a whole lot of fun from the outside. But the fact that it is soooo meaningful, should make it worth it. If it doesn't, you don't understand your purpose here on earth.

Your purpose: to make it out on top. Not on top of the world, with the most money or fame or glory. Just to die in confidence of who you are, of having been someone who was good and strong and left the world better than they found it. Someone who, personally, became their best selves.

You can do this. You can reach a point in your lives where you are more than content with who you are. You harbor no deep insecurities. The difficulty is that the path there isn't very much fun. The truth is: it's a lot of hard work. It involves tearing yourself down so that you can plainly see all the things you don't like about yourself. So that you can fix them. It's really the only way.

One way is to make an example of the most perfect man on earth: Jesus Christ. It really shouldn't matter whether or not you believe he actually existed, that can come later. What matters is learning to act in a way you can see him act. Because selflessness and charitable service are two major things that help us create of ourselves someone we can be proud of. Someone worth being. So study the man, if you haven't already. Learn first: what he did. Learn next: why he did it. Learn last: where his heart was. And by extension, where your heart should be.You can do good things all day, but you won't be satisfied with yourself until your not only doing them, but believing them. wanting to do them. Doing it not for yourself, but completely and honestly, for others.

Yeah, that sounds hard. That's because it is hard. It will be hard. But it must be done if you want to get out of the rut you are stuck in. You need to be the person you want to become in order to become them. There you go.

It's simple, but it's infinitely complex. Changing your heart to the degree that is required will require constant effort, for the rest of your life. But don't lose heart: you'll learn to be happy with that along the way.

Work hard. Be who you want to become. Reach out to others. Serve with pure love. Next thing you know, you're going to bed at night with a smile on your face because you are working towards something worth it. You know it, intrinsically, you know it.

You don't have to fight it.

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Watch out. Don't think that because you're not perfect, you're not good enough and it's not even worth fighting for. You are good enough. Continuing to try even when it gets hard, even when it seems impossible; that's what makes you worth it. Push forward, ever forward. You won't regret it.