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I’ve always struggled with self-perspective over the years; Where am I in my growth, development and journey towards giving the world the best version of myself I can be.

Maybe it’s because of my competitive nature and desire to always be better than I was the day before. Maybe it’s to gain the approval of my father. Or maybe it’s because my focus is on the wrong metric.

In any case there seems to be a fine balance of what the truth is at the moment and how to move forward with a sense of optimism.

One I will continue to refine and cultivate in order garner the best of myself today and going into tomorrow.

It’s pretty simple, but not many of us choose to look at our lives this way; If we never give up, then there’s no such thing as failure.

Why? Because we’ve only failed when we’ve chosen to give up and try no more.

So then, by theory let’s never stop trying.

Sounds good to me.

It can be easy to slip into a pattern where we feel 95% of our choices have already been made for us before our feet even hit the floor rolling out of bed in the morning.

But, that couldn’t be farther from the truth and I have to remind myself multiple times throughout a day of that being true.

Every new moment is an opportunity to choose; Choosing Love instead of fear and hate. Patience instead of frustration. Kindness over anger. Warmth towards others instead of remaining isolated. Hope for a better tomorrow instead of dread and despair.

We can choose to give to others and connect rather than feeling sorry for ourselves and remaining a victim. We can choose to take responsibility for our lives instead of blaming others. Or re-invent ourselves in order to bring more passion and love to the kind of work we’re spending 40+ hours a week doing.

We can choose to take pride in every task we engage in throughout the day and make it matter to us.

Nothing is written. And all things are possible.

The choice is ours to make.

We often overlook our greatest asset in this life as it seems so ordinary to us. There’s nothing special about it and often times we have viewed it as “less than” due to past experiences in our lives that haven’t been quite inspiring. Or because we have chosen to believe others who see it as nothing more than an obstacle.

What is that diamond in the rough and that gem of a genius? You. Me. Us!

We are our best asset. By far and it’s not even close. And until we see that, treat ourselves as such and begin investing in ourselves as if we already know the outcome is going to be successful, we are are not using our full potential and accessing our greatest resource.

There is nothing outside of us that is greater than what comes from within us.

Let’s start acting like it.

Sometimes I wish I had the memory of a dog. In some ways, they never forget; what cabinet you store the treats in or where the leashes are kept.

In other ways they are experts in amnesia.

After sitting at home all day long while you were at work, they hold no grudges or direct any hostility towards you for leaving them couped up all day long.

They just want to Love you up with the time they have.

We can all learn a little something from that I suppose.