You Are In Control.

And that’s the problem.

The problem is you have too much control over your life.

Yet, that’s only a problem because we don’t use that power.

What’s the point of having the power of control if you never use it?

Day in and day out you ignore that part of you that wants to take control and do the things that you know you need to do.

Day in and day out you go through the motions of life, living it without purpose or intention.

What’s the purpose of life? The one you find.

But I don’t think it’s laying on the couch with you.

I think the purpose of life is to find yourself in pursuit of those things that bring you joy, whether it’s along that journey or at the end of it. I think the purpose of life is to grow and not cower when faced with the inevitable challenges.

Why do we act like we won’t face any adversity?

Why do we not pursue something because we don’t know what will happen?

How would you ever figure out? How would you ever learn? How would you ever grow?

I don’t think we are thinking enough about this: Life…is happening now. Right now. It isn’t magic.

It may be miraculous, but not…magical.

Magic is complex. Life…is simple.

See? Not the same thing.

We know what life is and what it takes to reach our goals, but we don’t care. Well, our actions show we don’t.

You are literally in control of what you will do, right now. What will you do?

Seriously, what will you do? I think it’s pretty incredible that you even have the power to make that choice.

Your wandering mind that is always looking for the easy path is the same mind that holds this power.

You aren’t fighting your mind because it isn’t you. There is no other mind that’s combating the current one and losing every time.

It’s one mind that you are fighting to change. The strong mind you use every now and then to beat down that weak voice is the same mind that holds that weak voice.

Don’t you see?

You are capable of change.

You have the choice.

You have the power.

You are in control, but you don’t see it.

You are in control, but you don’t believe it.

Start seeing and believing. Change your life the way you want it to be changed.

It shouldn’t be a problem that you are in control, that you have this power, but it is a problem because you make it so.

Maybe if you weren’t in control, you’d get things done.

You’d do the things that you need and want to do. You would finally get your life in order.

Maybe if someone else was in control of you, you would reach that dream. You would have the success you’ve wanted. You would follow your passion.

But there isn’t anyone in control of you, yet we act like someone else will get us in order.

Maybe once you see, and I mean truly see, that no one is coming to save you, that you are in this alone, that you have the control and that you are the only one who can get yourself to do it, you’ll do it.

Until then, you never will.

Even then, you still might not.

But it is possible. If no one has ever told you that, I will be the first.

It was my pleasure.

Don’t beat yourself up. We just have to remind ourselves sometimes that we are in control, that we have this power.

And remember, one of the traits of a good leader is someone who doesn’t want that power. So if you don’t want it, accept it anyway.

I don’t care, accept it reluctantly if you have to.

You’ll be happy you did.