HEAD IN THE SAND

Life can feel taxing when the stresses of the world take control over you. This is why it is very important that when you are prioritizing your goals that you should be focusing on trying to resolve today's problems rather than focusing on your distant future where you will still have time to plan ahead. If you ignore your current situation at hand, then your concerns will only stack higher and higher and build up at an incredible rate where it becomes harder and harder to deal with, which may manifest into anxiety. None of your so called problems will go away without being dealt with in the proper manner that is why you should not rush through the issues when considering your options and only move forward when you are ready to deal with the next problem. We all have our own personal limitations, and this will be heightened if we are distracted by the possible stresses that come when you are unprepared. It takes strength to tackle the issues you face head-on, and it also builds resilience when you are disciplined. So, rather than avoiding the challenges in front of you, broaden yourself by keeping an open mind to your own suffering and trying to develop the tough moments into positive character building qualities. This development will help remove your head from the sand and help you experience life in its entirety.

FAILED TO COMMUNICATE

We have become a people that struggle to communicate with one another all because we have made up our minds before we have even started the conversation. No matter what someone else claims we are already giving our views and shrugging off any of the valid points that they may be making, purely because our version of the truth doesn't sit well with their claims. There may be varied versions of what we believe is true based on our own personal beliefs but there is only one truth which is coincides with the facts of the world. The phrase "winners write the history books" quoted by Napoleon Bonaparte, can be interpreted as "I say its true so it is" this doesn't make it the truth though. If our own perception was enough to make a statement truth then the people of the world can not  blame anyone for doing wrong because in their belief system it was right because it benefited them, it doesn't matter how their actions mat have affected someone else. Truth is what holds society above water otherwise we will drown in the ever changing lies that are told to us. So the best thing you can do is listen to more opinions and formulate truth with the facts that surround you rather than jump to the easier pathway that will eventually lead you to a place where you will feel more lost than ever.

I RESENT THAT REMARK

No amount of effort can rid you of the negative thoughts and feelings you hold onto when you have chosen to leave resentment into your soul. All logic is pushed aside  because of what you believe is the better alternative to letting go of your growing frustrations and the handicaps that a negative mindset brings you. Allowing yourself to be ruled by your resentment in order to punish someone for whatever you believe that they have done to you only hurts you in the long run. When resentment rules over your emotions, even the ones that have your own best intentions in mind, all because your jealousy has gotten the better of you, it is a quick step backwards in bettering yourself. So if you want to be the best version of yourself, then spend your energy doing what will excel your mind, not damper your mindset. Positive energy makes you feel good and gets you closer to reaching your desires. Don't lose yourself in a jealous rivalry that will only hold you back from growing into the person that you are capable of being. Remember one bad decision is not enough to hold you down but repeatedly making bad decisions after bad decisions will only give you more to apologise for, so be good so you don't have to feel bad all the time.

THE BLAME GAME

Life's problems are so much easier to avoid solving if you play the blame game because nothing wrong is ever going to be your fault therefore it is not your responsibility to fix any of the problems that you are now facing. This may be true when you are young and limited by your options but blaming someone for your current misfortunes doesn't carry much weight when you are old enough to make your own decisions in life. There comes a time in your life that you must accept that the past should only remain as a lesson learnt and is not what solely defines who you are now. It is the choices that you make on a day to day basis that emphasize the person that you are, that is why you should always remember that what you choose to do in the now has the power to change the direction your life is heading so choose wisely. We can not change our past but we can change what we choose to focus on in our present, so stop blaming someone else for where you are lacking and start focusing on where you want to be in your life because you will only ever get there with a little resilience and a lot less complaining. Those who aren't happy with their past and are only fixated on what went wrong in the past will never come close to reaching their goals. So think forward and keep on moving because time doesn't wait for anyone especially for the complainers of the world. 

PASSION TO MOVE

Life without purpose can feel pointless when your trying to figure out what your place in the world is. Everyday can feel like a repeat of the day that just past unless you set yourself some goals. Whether its the achievable short term goals that you put in place in order to encourage you to commit yourself or the long term goals that require you to persevere through the tough and challenging times ahead of you, goals are a must to break your learned bad habits. Goals push you to want more for yourself without them you are left following the same monotonous pathway that will only lead you to a dead end where your  dreams go to die. In life we must have something that moves us to keep us striving for more otherwise we are left without wanting anything better for ourselves and happy to be unhappy remaining stagnant where our purpose remains unfulfilled. So remember time waits for nobody so heed the warning and chase your purpose before it is lost.

NO PEACE WHEN VIOLENCE RULES

There will never be peace in a world where violence is the only language people understand. Peace needs to be the common ground that we all should strive to reach, rather than what seems to be a commonly made mistake by a lot of people is to focus only on our differences which will only lead to an unhealthy segregation in your body,mind and soul. Seeing people's differences as wrong all because we don't understand them will build up dislike which eventually grows into a hate, then all you are left with if is having a broken mindset where you have lost your morals in the gutter where it is nearly impossible to pick yourself up again. Our high morals help dictate our choice of actions which will lead us to what is right, for that once you do what's right you'd have done your part to reach peace. So we should keep our morals high and be guided by our intentions to strive for peace because  peace should be the norm not violence. There will never be peace if the world stays ignorant to the stupid that surrounds us all. If we wait for the violence to end than it will end us we need to be smarter than the stupid people that hold us back. Education should teach us all about each others cultural differences and also our similarities so that we recognise that that we are part of the same race just with unique differences. If we choose to bow to our weaknesses and fight with each other than it is like we are fighting with a part of ourselves, the part of ourselves that is too weak to strive for peace.

WE ARE THE WORLD

Personality should be the most important consideration when deciding if you want to let someone into your circle of friends not their nationality. Sharing the same nationality may help you when cultural similarities are high on your priority list but this is only a small part of who you really are and should never be the be all and end all in deciding who you should  associate with. That is why it is important that other things should be considered also when determining who should be a part of your circle of friends, like do you share similar interests with them or do you consider that person a good enough person that you would want to get to know better. There is so much more to us than just our cultural beliefs and because of this how are we ever meant to connect to one another purely on our cultural beliefs if we cant relate to them on any other level. If we all had the mindset that the human race should stand together no matter where their descendants may have started from then the prejudices that will hold us back from mingling with those from a different country will be removed and the only borders that will remain will be the ones that we put in place to divide us from those out there who will do us  harm. So judge the individual not the group so that you don't shut yourself away from the deserving all to make space for those who lived near you and shared your  cultural beliefs but never agreed with your values or your personal views. .

THE POWER OF HOPE

Hope is a powerful tool which has the power to encourage us to look past our current state of misfortunes and persevere through the pitfalls that hold us back from pursuing any of our desired goals. Without hope we are lost, stuck in a place where depression sets in with the intention to drown out our dreams of possible success by filling us up with the fear of adamant failure. The fear of failure is instilled into our brain with a predominantly negative lesson in mind "If we don't ever try then we never ever failed",but this lesson will only ever take if our fear of failure outweighs our desire to want more for ourselves. This is why it is important to have a strong mind that understands that you only ever fail when you decide to give up, every failed attempt is a lesson that can steer you closer in the right direction. The one mantra that we should keep in mind is nothing worthwhile is easy to attain. So try and try again and learn from your mistakes because you never know what is around the corner. 

TO TRUST OR NOT TO TRUST

Trust far too easily given hardly deserved seems to fit the consensus of the people, but how many of those people that are willing to give someone their trust are left with only regret. It is normal to want to trust people because we can only ever feel safe when we do allow ourselves to let go of our fear and let someone into our comfort zone, but at what cost?. The more we are open and honest the more we are vulnerable of getting hurt that is why we should choose our friends wisely because they will have your back when it truly counts. The moment we have made up our mind of who we can call a friend the less likely we are to question any of their motives as time goes by because by questioning them we are doubting our own ability to choose the right person to call your friend. If those we call friends don't remain consistent as friends should pretending that its all okay will only hurt you in the long run. We may think that giving up on them would mean we've wasted a whole lot of time but it more likely will save the time that's ahead of you. Our inaction to react to their bad behaviour will eventually find ourselves challenging our own moral compass because we will end up justying their actions with "They are my friend and friends have each others backs no matter what". Our bond make us ignore the signs of being taken advantage of and forces us to ignore thier repetitive mistakes by making our own. The best thing for you is to be true to yourself where your values and morals will stay intact otherwise you will set yourself up for a ride where your integrity will decline with your sanity. So trust only the trustworthy and leave the rest to their own destructive devices and you will be far better off because you owe it to yourself. 

FORCED CONVERSATION

Conversation like most things needs to flow naturally because if we let ourselves be lead into a conversation that we have no opinion on then it becomes a one sided conversation. Some people fall in the trap of forcing a conversation even when they clearly have nothing to say on the topic because they believe that saying anything is better than saying nothing at all. All this does is highlight your lack of knowledge on the topic and your inability to add anything meaningful to the conversation because what little you've added is insincere with little to no thought going into it. Sometimes it is better to give no input and just listen because you can learn alot more by listening than you can by interrupting with a forced comment that you've prepared earlier. Conversation needs to be sincere to matter otherwise you may as well be talking about the weather. You can only build a solid foundation of friendship if you are honest with what comes out of your mouth, otherwise you will have to backtrack on your claims. People will only respect you and what you say if you show them an equal amount of respect, so speak the truth and try to listen without interrupting with things that you don't really feel or you might just find yourself fitting into a crowd that you dont want to even be a part of.