Sheep

Most humans need a sense of belonging to something. A family, a group, a religion, a political party. We make them a part of ourselves and associate ourselves with them as if without them we are nothing. We lack the ability to make up our own mind unless we have the influence of the ones we belong to and we create a loyalty only Armageddon can destroy, and even then....is it really destroyed? We are sheep following each other around, reciting each others words and recruiting more to the herd...because the group with the bigger herd has more credibility. After a while though, it is all baaa baa baa, the same baa baa baa and we have groups who baaa baaa baa at each other baa baa baaing because they believe they are right and the other herd is wrong. My question is, somewhere in there must be a sheep who questions their own group no? There must be a sheep who decides that it is best to learn both sides, to learn what all the baaing is about and to decide to do something else than baaaing. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. EDUCATE YOURSELF!

Pity

How do we allow ourselves to become so self centered that we miss the messages life gives us about living. We swim in our misery and depression, feeling sorry for ourselves; looking back at the past, regretting the things we did and regretting the things we did not. We victimize ourselves and believe we have it harder than anyone else, until life smacks us in the face with the reality of it all. The reality that there are people in this world that are fighting to live, people who have been diagnosed with terminal illnesses, or people who were not given the ability to hear, see,speak or walk.
The reward in life is not the things we have, it is the courage to LIVE. Are we living it to it's fullest potential, are we feeling rewarded (not in the monetary aspect), are we treating others the way we want to be treated? No man is an island, all that we do impacts one another and that includes shutting ourselves out from the world and locking ourselves in that room wallowing in self-pity.

“Each day is a special gift from God, and while life may not always be fair, you must never allow the pains, hurdles, and handicaps of the moment to poison your attitude and plans for yourself and your future. You can never win when you wear the ugly cloak of self-pity, and the sour sound of whining will certainly frighten away any opportunity for success. There is a better way.” Og Mandino

Monotony

We often fall into the routine of life. Sleep, wake up, work, sleep and over again. We try to fill the space in between with activities out of the norm to make life more exciting, but again we fall back into the routine. The safety of the monotony tend to hold people there like a hamster in that little wheel. The frustration though is not in the routine itself, but in the desire to break out and not knowing how to or not feeling comfortable taking the risk. Trying to gain that courage to just say "screw it" I am going to go out there and LIVE is a bit harder than expected. Responsibilities (ie. family, job, finances) are probably the biggest challenge when finally gaining the courage to get out there and live. It is, however, something only we ourselves have control of...nobody else. Either we get out there and break that routine that makes us delirious or we continue in that hamster wheel until we trip, fall off and break our necks....wishing you the BREAK from the routine.