For a man to conquer
himself is the first and noblest of all victories. Socrates said that. He didn’t write it,
because he didn’t do the writing, Plato did. There actually isn’t any evidence
that Socrates, student of Plato did any writing at all (fact of the day). What
is truly crazy about this, to me, is that he has to of said that sometime 470 BCE
and 399 BCE and this is still true today. That is the beauty of such a statement,
it’s timeless. Socrates believed in a philosophy that promoted practical
results that would eventually lead to the greater well-being of society.
Some days sitting by idly and waiting for something to
materialize sounds amazing. Why not just chill out for a few hours and watch
some Dexter, seems legit. But at the same flip of the token, it doesn’t. There
is far too much going on in the world and in our own respective lives for us to
EVER sit idly by and wait for something to happen. There is always something
that we can be doing to make ourselves get out and stay ahead of the curve.
I think that when issues stack up against us and we feel as
if we are powerless and have no control over any outcome. I’m here to tell you
that that rational will not get you far; in fact it won’t get you anywhere. I
have been through life altering experience that have tested my patience,
persistence, motivation, dedication, and overall ambition; but when I realized
that the only thing I have to do is embrace the change and ride it out, it
became all the more beautiful during the process.
When you see storm on the horizon, don’t run from it, run
towards it. If you do decide to run toward it, not only will you come out of
the situation as a whole as a better person, but you’ll be better for it. You’ll
come to realize all of the things that wouldn't have fallen into place had negative
situations x,y, and z not occurred.
All I’m saying is embrace the challenges
and changes in life, they make us better. Don’t get down on yourself if it
takes longer than you thought, life is a marathon, not a sprint, and in the end
it’s only with yourself.
Take some words of wisdom from Socrates and go forth.
~B
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