Man's Search for Meaning

"Everything can be taken away from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedom -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."

It is all about attitude. It is all about accepting who you are, and owning it. If anyone wants to be content with life, they have to content with themselves first.

Things happen in life. No one promised an easy life. No one promised a life without strife, hurt, pain, anguish. One thing that has been promised, is that the human spirit is resilient. Nothing can shatter it because it is beyond material strife we might endure. Its only weakness, though, is that it is only as powerful as one wishes it to be. I have the power, you have the power, we ALL have the power to choose our emotions, to choose how we deal with any situation.

In the past year or so I have lost my grandpa, dad, had a very close cousin deported with another one on the way, had four relatives in the hospital in dire condition including my Mom, had dream for 22 years go unfulfilled, and I could keep going. This is not a woe-upon me blog, because the whole point I want to get across is that I have to answer for my life. It is true that I believe I have had some rough stuff happen to me as of late, or even my entire life. When it is end of my life, it is I that must answer for my life. The only answer that I can give life, is to show them my own life. I do not wish to answer that question that I gave up, that I got down on myself, that I lost my passion or drive or motivation.

So what to do then when you are bogged down by the weightiness of life? We cannot change our life, we cannot change the hand we have been dealt. Instead we have to change ourselves. If the situation we are in, if the life we are living cannot be changed, then we HAVE to change ourselves.

Only after going through this can one be a role model, can one really be at the top echelon on humanity. Anything that is destined to give light, must also endure the burning. Remember once you find a reason "why" to live, you can endure almost any "how."