THE CHOICE IS YOURS, ALWAYS HAS BEEN

How much longer are you going to accept mediocrity?

Real question.

How much longer are you going to accept a life that you’re not proud of?

How many more nights are you going to fall asleep with that empty feeling in your chest?

How many mornings will you meet feeling like you don’t even want to get out of bed?

How many more empty lies will you tell your wife? How many times do you expect her to believe you?

I’m not sure where it happened, or how it happened… but somewhere along the lines people started behaving like they had all the time in the world.

People started acting like they didn’t need to read anymore.

Didn’t need to stretch.

Didn’t need to sweat, or push themselves…

IF YOU ARE NOT GROWING, YOU ARE DYING

Today, I will gladly serve as a friendly reminder — that you can do better.

You should do better.

You want to do better.

BUT…BUT… WE’RE IN A PANDEMIC AND I LOST MY JOB AND BLAHBLAHBLAH

I can already hear the excuses, I can feel you defending your mediocrity as I type this.

Don’t worry. I did the same thing. It feels good to defend your point… doesn’t it?

Or does it just hurt to acknowledge your own shortcomings?

YEAH I SAID IT.

YOU NEED TO GET THE FUCK OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY — RIGHT NOW — AND HERE’S WHY:

THIS WORLD IS A STAGE AND IT IS ALMOST SET

Today’s world is a busy one.

Right now, we are all dealing with the consequences of division, hatred, and worst of all, fear.

You turn on the news, and as you scroll between mindless sitcom TV, and news broadcasters telling you about ALL THE THINGS GOING WRONG IN YOUR AREA.

Than as you head to work, you scramble to grab your mandatory face mask — because otherwise you’ll be fined $200 — you waltz through the front door and hurry to your seat.

After a while passes, you hop on Facebook — not to do anything intentionally, just consume whatever that news feed has for you today — as you scroll you find more videos about the US President, bombings, racially motivated killings, COVID-19 info ( or dis-info ), information on global “elites” being involved in a massive pedophilia ring.

You do your best to bob’n’weave through the madness, you decide you’ll comment “haha” on a meme your friend shared and drop a like on a picture of a woman’s exquisite booty, and keep it moving.

As the day comes to an end — you are happy to go home, get into your comfy clothes, and turn on Netflix — just waiting to do it all again the next day.

NOW, WHERE THROUGHOUT ALL OF THAT CHAOS DID YOU INVEST TIME INTO YOURSELF?

WHERE DID YOU INVEST TIME INTO YOUR RELATIONSHIP?

WHERE DID YOU INVEST TIME INTO YOUR PHYSIQUE ?

WHERE DID YOU INVEST TIME INTO YOUR DREAM?

If you’re answer is a deer-in-headlights glazed look with the classic “ionno” shrug, than maybe you’re starting to see the problem.

The people writing the scary stories you watch every night do not care where you end up.

The people who instruct you to wear a mask — while not wearing themselves — do not care where you end up.

The women on Facebook with a remarkable eye for angles do not care where you end up.

You spent every ounce of attention, focus, and energy you had on other people.

You started dating their “personalities”.

You got engaged to their ideas.

You married their problems.

And completely neglected your own.

Forgetting your true power. Your level of focus.

Divert the focus back onto yourself, stop feeding the negative energy. Prepare yourself now — for whatever comes next.

If you want to feel good about the life you live — it takes work.

WHERE YOU END UP IS 100% UP TO YOU

THE CHOICE IS YOURS

Rise Above,

Mwangi IB