This Is Your Life

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
- Gil Bailie

A lot of people end up asking the world what to do with their lives. The tendency is to hope that somebody else will tell us who to be. In this society there is a lot of expectations put on people to be something that may actually not even be in the best interest of even that person. I’m not saying that I have everything that I want to be figured out. Instead, what I am saying is that I hope that I can be the person who truly makes me “alive” as Gil Bailie says and not what anybody expects me to be. “Alive” in this sense can be described as acting instead of reacting; choosing where to go instead of “flowing where the strongest current pushes”. These currents being: Friends, Family, Peers, Hardships, and just society in general. In the words of Jon Foreman, “This is YOUR life. Are you who YOU want to be?” This is very true and a big part of my life. As much as I can, I try to think of how I can make my life mine. Tasks like these can be incredibly difficult for anyone, especially teens though. How many times can you honestly say that you make a decision at school/work/etc. without worrying about what others might say or think about your actions? For many (including myself) this number is very low. It really shouldn’t be that way. Our focus for finding what to do with each of our lives should be finding something we are passionate about and becoming that person instead of what ANYONE else is passionate about or thinks is important.

Just to confuse you I’ll throw this extra tidbit in. So if you are for some reason going to listen to my advice and not listen to what others have to say about your life, why are you taking my advice!? : )