If You Don't Take Control of Your Life - Someone Else Will

"In life you need either inspiration or desperation." -birthright. Everything that is needed for a successful
Anthony Robbinslife is at our disposal. It's right there, in front of our
Your ship is sailing. Either you grab the elm and steereyes. Just waiting to be discovered and used.
it where you want it to go or someone else will do itWe live in a world of our own creation. We get to
for you. We are all on a grand voyage called life. Itdecide what things and events mean for us. Where a
can be a fantastic odyssey of epic proportion or itman will see a simple acorn, another one will see a
can be a desperate struggle for survival. We get tobudding, and soon to be, mighty oak tree shaped
decide which course we will take.into exquisite furniture. What is garbage in the eye of
That's a decision that we are very fortunate to bea person is valuable recycling material in the views of
able to make. Anyone who can read these lines hasanother.
tools, resources and opportunities that were notIf we don't choose to consciously design and
available just a few decades ago and that are stillimplement the life of our choice, we are left with the
unheard off in some countries. We are blessedrobotic option. That is, just like a robot, being guided
beyond beliefs.and at the mercy of outside influences. Not much of
With the click of a mouse, we have access to all thea life. More like a life's sentence than the great gift
information that we may want or need. With anotherthat it was meant to be.
click of the mouse, we can communicate instantlyThere are times when life does not unfold as we
through all four corners of the globe. That samewould like. When that happens, it can create
mouse allows us to create in a few instants whatfrustration or be seen as a learning experience. That
would have taken weeks and maybe months just awill depend whether a person is pro-actively creating
few decades ago.a life or just visiting Planet Earth as a casual tourist
We live in countries where health cares are availablehoping that the powers that be will attend to his
to everyone. We are all assured that our basicevery desires and wishes.
necessities will be taken care off. Even our mostLike never seen before, we are surrounded with
modest dwelling is more comfortable than theresources and opportunities just waiting for us to use
sprawling mansions of just a century ago. We arethem to create the life that we want. It's all there,
twice blessed.up for grabs by anyone who decides to actively take
That is, we are twice blessed if we chose to believecontrol of his life and turn it into the masterpiece that
that we are. We are twice blessed if we chose toit was meant to be. However, no one will chew our
take advantage of all the opportunities that arefood for us.
available. We are twice blessed if we decide whereWe are the one who must take responsibility for our
we want to go; plan a course to get there then findlife. We are the one who must design it and
within ourselves the resolve to execute that plan.implement that design. It's our ship. Either we steer it
We are sitting at a banquet table and all that isand bring it to the port of our choice or we can let
required to feast on that full course meal is thethe winds and the tides drag it until it crashes on
courage to stand up and claim our legitimatesome rocky shores.