A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write if he is ultimately to be at peace with himself.
~ Abraham Maslow ~
Do you sometimes feel like you are chained up in a cage? Or feel like you are inside prison walls?
If so, why do you think that is?
Is it possible that you are not being completely true to yourself? That you are living a lie?
In other words, could it be that you are not living who you really are? Not doing what makes you happy or what makes you at peace with yourself?
Listen
Listen closely to the answer you get from within.
Do you hear a voice saying yes? Then you know something's not right.
Now, the question is
When are you going to start paying closer attention to that voice? That part of you that's crying out for help? That part of you that's constantly begging to be set free?
And, more importantly, when are you going to start doing something about it?
When are you going to start doing what you love? What you enjoy? What gives you a deep sense of fulfillment? What makes you feel whole?
When are you going to put into practice William Shakespeare's good advice below?
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This above all: to thine own self be true.
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The truth is, you can start nowright nowjust by deciding.
You don't need anyone's permissionexcept your own.
You can start doing and living what makes your heart sing.
(I'm sure you can remember many times when you felt intense joy...when you felt complete. When things just felt rightvery right. When deep down inside you, a part of you said something like: "Yes, this is what I love. This is what I am meant to do." Well, there's no reason why you can't have that feeling all the time.)
You don't need to remain chained up (or to continue living a lie). You don't have to allow society or others to dictate the way you should live, the type of work you should pursue, the types of activities you should give priority to, and so on.
No, you don't have to stay helpless inside that cageinside those prison walls.
You have a choice.
You can decide, here and now, to break free. To do what you loveand to do it as often as you wish.
Who cares about the past? Leave it behind you. That's where it belongs.
You can decide to live life to the fulleststarting today.
Remember, it's "your" life. And you don't have to give power to anyone (or anything) over it.
(Although others may be well-intentioned when they try to discourage you from pursuing what you lovethinking they know what's best for youit is "you"and not themwho will end up either happy or miserablein the short-termand in the long-term. I mean, just imagine what it would be like, if one day, in the future, you looked back and couldn't help but say, "I wish I had lived my life differentlypursued what I truly love. I wish I didn't allow others to dictate the course of my life. 'Cause then I wouldn't be so miserable today.")
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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
~ Mark Twain ~
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"You decide" how you should live your life (of course, always making sure that your motives and actions are in line with what pleases God).
Life is shortfleetinglike a vapor. (George Mateljan knew this when he said: Life is too short to spend time doing anything except what you are passionate about.)
So live life to the fullest. Do whatever makes your heart singwhatever makes you at peace with yourself. (And remember to contribute to others in positive ways whenever you can.)
Do it nowwhile there's still time.
About the Author:
Ron Balagot is a songwriter/musician/writer...and he is the editor/publisher of the website, Unlimited Creative Power. Visit http://www.unlimitedcreativepower.com and discover strategies that can help you attain creative freedom, personal fulfillment, and inner harmony.
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