Take A Stand

Many of us can agree that we have been either taught or informed on the importance of knowing what our core values , beliefs , and protecting the things and people that we love and cherish the most are. The reality is there will come a time or on many occasions in life that we will find ourselves stuck between a rock and hard place having to choose between standing on your core values and beliefs or compromising them to please everyone outside of yourself. Life is about choices and the choices we make daily has an impact on us in the present and can have very critical effects in the future. The question is what are you more committed to temporary satisfaction and comfort or long term benefits and value being added to your future self? I ask this question to shed light on the fact that while there will be many people that will say that their core values and beliefs are important it isn’t until the right amount of pressure is applied we may witness a shift. While everyone has core values and belief systems not everyone has the will power to stand firm on them without ever compromising them no matter how great the pressure is. Life is like a card game where we do not get to choose the hand we are dealt in advance but once or hand is dealt we have one or two options, which are to play the hand that has been dealt or fold. The difference between a card game and real life is that unfortunately we are not awarded the privilege to trade our life for a new one of our presence.

Our core values and beliefs are formed on many different factors such as our culture or background, our upbringing, and can even be based on our like’s or dislike. My faith , my vision for my life , my family, my peace of mind and happiness are my core values and things that I consider to be a priority in my life. A few years ago when I first started my career as a medical assistant in the Gastroenterology department, I was excited for many reasons . I was excited to be employed full time a year after graduating trade school, I was excited to be able to receive benefits and a good paying position. As the song states “ the more money the more problems” Is a statement that we hear but we do not truly understand it until we experience what it means to actually be in a a high paid position but feeling broke and unhappy daily. As time passed working there I learned two things about myself, the first thing I learned was that I only believed that these things made me happy because they represented what I have been taught is success, the second thing I learned was that I was more interested in obtaining true success and not the expected idea of what success is. I was a full time employee , I had paid time off and vacation , I had health benefits , savings and retirement plans but what I did not have was joy, peace of mind , I lacked passion and excitement daily. On June 16, 2016 I made a decision to reclaim my time and e in control of my peace , my joy and my time, one of the best decisions I have ever made. From that day on I vowed to be committed to the things that are important to be that brings me fulfillment and joy I understand that everyday would not be easy but I was open to the uncertainty of each day and embracing them with an open mind and heart.

“You Can Choose To Stand For Something Or Choose To Fall For Anything, The Choice IS Yours .”

While we are taught that going to college , getting a well paid career to fund our cost of living, were we taught to make our happiness and priority , how often are we allowed to be free in our beliefs to make choices that may not be the same as the people we know but are respected and accepted? It is not very common to be accepted or understood when you make choices that goes up against traditional views and beliefs and that is okay. This does mean that the way you choose to live your life is wrong and theirs is wrong or vise versa what it means is that we have to grow to a place to fully accept our uniqueness without needing or seeking approval or acceptance of anyone. We all have been awarded access to the freedom and power of choice, and it is our responsibility to choose what is best for us right now and will have a great impact on our future self. While we have to live and enjoy the present moments we must also always be mindful of the fact that every decision we make in the past present or future they all have the ability have an effect or impact on our life good or bad. Stand up for the things you believe in stand firm in your faith and no matter what the challenges we are faced with do not compromise your faith , your freedom , your happiness , your gifts , your time , and all that is important to you. We have one life to live and we owe it to ourselves to live our best fulfilled life , we all are worthy and capable of creating a the life that we desire.