The fear of rising beyond

You are two in one.

You and only you, have access to your multiple personalities.
The best you & the worst you.

Let´s get personal now.
I hate when I am my „worst self“. I often don´t get it immediatley.

Sometimes it takes a few seconds, before I realize my poor behaviour.
Other times it takes a day or two till I can see clearly what happened.

It´s painful, but I prefer the midterm learning frame of a day or two.
I try, but I can´t deny my dark side.

I can´t hide my bad behaviours, because they appear too frequently.
No matter how much sunshine there is, every obstacle will bring some natural shadow.

In the past I tried to fight mine.
I ignored them, hoping to break free.

Like the daylight won´t get rid of the moonlight,
I can´t get rid of my shadow behaviors.

Like nature flourish after a dark and cold winter, 
you can rise through pain.
Your character will flourish
by breaking through it.

Yes, you are right. This is not sexy.
It´s the opposite of what most people want.

Don´t get me wrong. I also want
Happiness
Love
Luck
Money
Success
Purpose and a cold beer.

And there is more my dear.
When I lay on my deadbed some day, I want to know deep in my heart
that I inspired others to rise beyond the surface of the ordinary life.
- Your heart always knows the truth -

There is nothing bad or good with an ordinary life.

My experience is that some of us want to be extraordinary.
But so many beautiful souls are afraid of being this way.

Too many great people are afraid of being different.
Some of us are afraid of loosing friends.
Others are afraid of being rejected. 

Society is scared when people are different.
When acting, behaving or creating different,
they show us, that there is an alternative life
just around the corner of our beliefs. 

Maybe we are lazy, when making excuses.
Proberly we lack confidence, when running away from challenges.

Or it´s because we are scared to death, 
to step up in life and show our true self to the world.

Perhaps you will loose some people on your journey living a purposeful life. 
You will win new soulmates, by rising above and beyond.

It´s worth the experience. It´s worth the joy. You deserve to live a purposeful life.

What ever challenge your are facing right now, be brave and #actboldnow. 
It´s the way, to have no regrets today.

Yours Max

Photocredits to Aatik Tasneem and Unsplash.com