Mindset
These days, it would seem that it’s even more important to connect with quality life principles.
Everywhere I look there seems to be a fracture in the foundation of human nature. We’ve always looked toward our sociological leaders to provide examples of how to treat one another, but this just isn’t the case anymore, they are too consumed with what has become the “strategy” for having influence.
Being bombastic, controversial, or an absolutist sells, so why not join the wave.
We need to double down on a moral compass. Be examples of what it is to be a partner in society, not a destroyer of society.
The first principle I believe in is to work without complaint. Most people these days perceive that a job, or even better, a career is a right.
Unfortunately for a great deal of the population of this world, a job that pays them a reasonable and sustainable wage is something they might only dream of, not expect.
So if you have one, understand that it is a privilege and that the person you work for, or the person who buys your services has provided you with the privilege of serving them. Do it with all you have, and do it like you know it might not be there tomorrow.
The second principle; be gracious and thankful to your parents for bringing you into this world and providing you with a home (that is if they did so, for all those of you who lived tortured lives at home, this one might not be applicable). If your parents brought you up with whatever semblance of structure and provision, and they loved you as best they could, you owe them everything you have to honor their effort. They did the best they could as you are, or may likely do with your own children. Any parent knows it is not an easy task, and it doesn’t come with a playbook!
The third principle is to mentor someone else. We all get to summit our own mountain in life not by the sheer effort of ourselves, but by embracing the support and guidance of so many along the way. Without mentorship, we would likely make too many mistakes to ever achieve our summit. As such, it is our responsibility to mentor others so they may likely summit as well.
The fourth principle is to learn and grow throughout your life. Never stop learning, never stop challenging your thought processes, your habits, or your biases. Those who rest easy, those who take the easy route and do the same thing, do not earn the right to prosper or succeed.
This life we have been given is a blank canvas and we can paint the picture, we can revise the picture, we can add to it and modify it until such time as we pass away so we should never be satisfied with its composition.
The fifth principle is own your contribution to this world. When you give, you grow, when you take, you self limit. Our life on this planet is about our contribution, it is all we can leave, and it is all that can represent what we have accomplished.
There will be people who take advantage of our contributions. There will be those who do not appreciate what we bring. That is not the point. We cannot live through another’s state of mind; we can only be in charge of our own state of mind which must be driven from a sense of giving, not receiving.
The last principle is to be a lighthouse. Exemplify something, inspire something, make others believe in something. Not in judgment but in expression. Whatever you choose to be or do, do it so that it raises other people up. If we have more lighthouses, we’ll have a greater feeling of connection and compassion in society as a whole.
Bring meaning to your life.
Wake up every day and earn this life you have been given.
There is nothing trivial about the blessing of our life, never rest easy that it has been earned.
