One of my friends on Steemit recently made the decision to go full time on Steem and carve out a modest living for himself here because he believes in the platform. That is admirable in my mind, I’m not in a financial position myself to be able to do something like that but I hope to one day get to that point.
I have been full time freelancer for years now but not on Steem.
This got me thinking about life and about the people that I surround myself with. Some of them are incredibly spiritual, intuitive beings that radiate happiness and inner beauty. Others are negative, miserable, and work jobs they hate to pay for a lifestyle that doesn’t really make them at all happy.
Lately, I have felt myself becoming distant from those that are unhappy but refuse to make changes in their lives because it hurts me to see them not living their true purpose in life. I want so much for them, maybe more than they want for themselves.
Why Not Everyone Truly Lives
Many people have been brainwashed by the system that we grow up in to believe that they have to spend their entire lives working a job they hate in order to keep up with the Joneses.
You have to get good grades in school, get into a good college, take out a bunch of student loans, go out into the workforce and spend the rest of your life paying off the student loans. Retirement is in your hands because businesses no longer provide retirement for their employees.
Some are fortunate to choose careers that they love but how can our society expect children to choose their entire life’s course when they haven’t seen anything of the world?
Most people don’t truly live because they don’t know any better. They believe, as their parents before them did, that this is the right path and many don’t stray out of fear.
Why You Should Choose to Live
We all have had dreams and desires for a better life at one time or another in our lives. I have a great life but sometimes even I have a desire for something more. But, I choose to be happy and grateful for everything in my life.
The funny thing is that the more gratitude I have shown for my life, the more the blessings in my life have multiplied. Positive seems to breed more positive and negative breeds more negative. Don’t believe me? Try it out yourself and let me know your results. Seriously. I would love to hear all about it!
Have you ever seen the movie “The Matrix”?
Well, a few years ago I woke up from The Matrix and realized that I want a life of my own creation and not a life that I was forced into by society. But, at first I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life. I had absolutely no idea.
If you want the truth, it took me years to figure out who I was and what I wanted from my life. Now that I know, it feels liberating! Some days I wake up and wonder how I ended up with a life that I actually wanted instead of the one that was handed to me.
Is every day perfect? Hell no!
But, my life now is way better than the military hell I lived with for years and taking orders from those that only seemed to want to serve their own interests and not that of the greater good or collective unit.
We can live a life of our design without needing to answer to anyone for the decisions that we choose to make so long as we’re not doing anything illegal LOL. And we should all choose to live a life that makes us happy!
I would love to hear your thoughts and ways you are actively choosing to live your best life.
Ivy
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