Woke up this morning feeling refreshed. I had my meditation time but I didn't work out. I plan on running this evening because I have a few things on my plate this morning. The reason why I woke up this morning feeling so refreshed was because of something that happened yesterday evening. While I was at work, a guy, whom went to the same high school with, passed by me and spoke. I didn't think anything of it, bt I did notice that he had this look on his face like he wanted to say something. I went on with assisting one of my customers. He walked by again and this time he just stopped and interupted me and said, "I'm sorry to interupt, but I just have to tell you to keep doing what you do. I read your note on facebook titled, "Stop Lying To Yourself" and it did something to me. I started my own business man and I just wanted to tell you that. Keep writing!" I was floored. He gave me a business card and off he went. I was so excited that I wanted to quit my job right then and go and just write until I couldn't write any more.
If anyone ever wanted to know my purpose for writing, this is it-to help, to inspire and to uplift. Just knowing what I wrote inspired a person enough to get up and start doing something is HUGE and powerful! This is why I am so passionate about putting words on paper or on the computer because I beleive that they can change people for the better. I am getting choked up now just typing it. I never understood when people cried for joy, but now I do. It's like you get so emotional about something that's so good that you can't help but express yourself with a few tears! Below is the note I wrote title Stop Lying To Yourself read it and tell me what you think.
Stop Lying To Yourself
I am sitting in Starbucks doing my usual, writing, when this guy comes buy and starts a conversation with me. We go back and forth talking about the different things we are trying to accomplish. I don't tell too much of what I am trying to do because I am a humble person and I don't want to come off as this "wanna be" type of guy. As we are engaging deeper in this conversation, I tend to notice that everything that he is talking to me about is up in the air. When he tells me about what he is doing, I ask him to show me some of his work and he always said that it was in the works. When he asked me about the things I were involved in, I gave him concrete evidence. I showed him my website and my blog. I also gave him a business card. When the conversation was over, I started thinking. I thought about how most people go through life just like this guy, lying to themselves. This guy knew that he wasn't going to do half of the things that he had mentioned to me. He knew this before he opened his mouth to say the first word to me. I know that everyone wants to be somebody. I know that everyone wants to be that person who does a lot and makes a lot of money doing it. But how can you ever make it lying to yourself?
If a person is lying to themselves to try to make life seem better, they are only hurting themselves because they are surpressing the real them and that can cause problems not only with themselves, but with the people around them. It can cause a marriage to go sour. It can cause friendships to diminsih. If you are not where you want to be in life or are not doing what you want to do in life, please stop lying to yourself about it and start doing something to reach your goal. Being honest might just be the key ingedient to making the first step to achieving your goal. When you talk to someone and be honest with them, they might be able to help you on your way. Lying to them won't warrant help because they will be under the impression that you are already ahead of the game.
Stop lying to yourself and start being honest about what's going on with you. Take the time to be honest and make things happen for the betterment of your life. It's hard for a person to be honest with you when your not honest with yourself.
-K.J Swint
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