How many times have you wished to go back and change the things you did in the past? If only you had turned left instead of right…
Unfortunately, the reality is that the past is gone, and we can only move forward. We can reflect and learn from our past, but we must press forward. Live in the present and strive to the future. Always remember that tomorrow’s decisions are always more important than the decisions of yesterday.
A person may still be impacted by the consequences of their past actions, but it is more important to make choices to respond to the consequences. Wishing we had chosen differently in that pas only leads to regret, desperation, and hopelessness.
Keep your eye on the prize. Do not let the days gone down, drag you to their depths with them. Residing there will delay your race forward. The prize lays before us, not behind. As the Apostle Paul tells us, we need to keep our eyes on the prize.
“We still gotta long way, still a long way to go.”
To most people, the idea of power is equivalent to control. Power becomes synonymous with “power over” something. It could be a person, a group of people, an object, a behavior, or an idea.
Do not confuse power as control. True power comes from letting our souls free from forces that exert control over us. Power comes from a life of morality and resistance against immorality.
Real power comes from freedom in thought.
Compromising is the greatest enemy. It is important to remember that you can not control other people’s actions nor their moral compass. Each individual must make those choices though they will likely be influenced, coerced, or forced. In this we lose our power.
Our power is compromised, leaving us powerless and controlled. We become mindless drones.
Moral goodness is obtained within oneself by discovery. Take the knowledge and let your soul guide you. People are born with a conscience and the knowledge of good and evil. Do not do what is good because you are told to. It must be a desire- a passion!
Do not be a prisoner to this immoral world. Use your power to break free of its chains. Continue to pursue truth in all things every moment of your existence. There is no greater power!
They say with age comes wisdom. While I believe this to be true, I feel more than wisdom is gained with age. We gain perspective. When we are young, we are adventurous to the point of wrecklessness. There is a sense of invulernabity that people approach life early on.
We strive for the exceptional life, traveling a “yellow brick road” to fame and glory. We constantly dream of being more than we are, no matter how successful our life has been. How many times have you imagined yourself as a music star or a great actor? I know all of us dreamed of fame and fortune.
With age comes perspective and the realization that the road we walk is endless and will never reach the great kingdom of Oz. No matter how much we achieve, the human soul craves more and will be unsatisfied. It is human nature. There is a spark in each of us that strives to perfection even though we see clear as day that we are completely flawed.
We must come to a realization that perfection is impossible within the human framework. Perfection or success is not found on a road paved in gold or a penthouse in the highest building. We need to focus beyond the physical world of success.
It is the success of the soul.
Oh, I’vefinally decided my future liesbeyond the yellow brick road.
Cultivation of one’s soul is where satisfaction in life comes from. It is clear there is moral right and wrong and a life focused and learned on the moral good will bring about our best life. You may or may not believe in God, but I do, and I believe that the key is to sow seeds of peace, love, and holiness while rooting out evil, hatred, and selfishness. These things will strangle one’s soul, causing misery and despair.
Now is the time…. change your perspective and let go of the unattainable. Go beyond the yellow brick road and find a fulfilled life cultivating your soul.
This weekend, I was mulling over my next article, but I wanted to reach out to those reading my blog. Topics come to me from listening to news, reading books and articles, and many times, music ignites a thought. This time, I would like the audience to ignite a thought or two.
What about you? Is there a topic or thought that you would like me to write about? I would like to pursue topics that my audience is interested it.
Please share in the comments any topics you would like to hear about. The pursuit of truth always continues, and we must persevere, persisting in the hunt.
I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led. -Thomas Jefferson
How many out there feel like they are out of gas? Do you? We need to keep moving forward but are running on the fumes left over from the empty gas in the tank. The human condition constantly takes a toll on us, draining our tank, while life’s road offers very few stations to refuel.
In ’69 I was 21 and called the road my own.
This song by Jackson Brown always resonates with me (even though I wasn’t even alive in 1969) every time I hear it played. When we are young, there is a fire within us. We drive full speed ahead, and we can do no wrong. Entering adulthood, we have all the answers and doubts are suppressed. For those of you who have teenagers and young adults for children, you can understand. They think they have the world figured out and will refuse to listen to reason. They are right and everybody else is wrong.
I don’t know when that road turned into the road I’m on.
Once the world smacks us in the face with a bucket of ice, cold water and our bubble bursts, we are lost. We thought we knew everything that there was to know. Confidence is shattered, and we are left with a pile of questions that have broken answers. Many times, we stop and think, “How did I get here. Where did it go wrong?”
Just like the song, we find ourselves on an unknown road and have no idea how we got there.
I don’t know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels
When faced with life, we face decision after decision, and all of these decisions impact the road we choose to travel. Even small, seemingly insignificant choices can alter the direction we are heading. Most of the time we are oblivious to this due to the chaos of existing; another symptom of this human condition. It also comes back to conformity. There is so much happening, that people find it easier to lay back and “go with the flow.”
You may suddenly come to this realization that you are lost and have no idea what road you have driven onto nor how to get back on the road you were on. Don’t run blind and hope you will eventually find your way back. Stop for a moment and realign your soul.
All is not lost, and it is never too late.
Dive deep into yourself and seek what is good and right. Follow those even if the people you are sharing the road that you are on disagree. Be an individual, for we are all unique. Life is not about getting every person to all think the same and agree. It is about the individual discovering a life of meaning- a life of good that pushes back against evil or the immoral.
Look around at the friends that I used to turn to to pull me through. Looking into their eyes, I see them running too…
We all have the ability to rise above this condition. It is a condition that we all share.
You know, I don’t even know what I’m hoping to find.
This reflects how many people feel, rushing down a road with an unknown destination. What are you hoping to find?
Insurrection Of The Mind 
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