Pep Talks

"Everybody wants sunshine, that's not always pleasant. Too much sun and no rain forms a desert." - Papoose

Lately I've had a few conversations with people about motivation and needing someone to say something to them to help pick them up. I often reply with some lame speech I've given a thousand times, probably comprised of bits and pieces of things I've heard older people in my life say and things I've seen in movies. The truth is you're the only one that you can truly control how you feel. If you sleep in all day and you don't feel like getting up to take a shower and get yourself moving then that's an internal question you need to address.

Another thing I've noticed a lot of my peers doing lately is complaining (me in included) about how something didn't go right or how the outcome you were expecting didn't happen. This generation has turned in people that make excuses and are self-pitying, Sure its natural to feel down once in a while, but if you're constantly complaining about how the chips aren't falling your way. Maybe you're the reason its happening.

Every healthy person needs to go through good and bad times. Its all relative. This is cliche (but the truth). If you never experience failure, you'll never be able to understand the value of success. Michael Jordan got cut from his high school basketball team. (Ok that's not entirely true, but its a joke I use to have with people because every year at basketball tryouts no matter who the coach was they'd tell that story). The older I get the more I realize that situations good and bad are often what shape your character.

Another thing related to that is fear. Just because you've failed at something before doesn't mean that should prevent you from going for it again. (Do not use this statement when deciding whether or not to touch a frying pan.) Fear is something that is in our instincts to help us survive but it also screws up our decision making process often because we allow a feeling of failure to prevent us from doing what we want. Ok enough of me preaching. I'm going to go out and do something with my life today.