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Forgive and Look Forward

In this world, one has the ability to acquire a certain set of skills, become good at what they love, become a professional in their field. Some say it takes 10000 hours of work to achieve professional status, some say it is genetic bliss, some define it as a mixture of both. Once one reaches a level of professionalism, he is an expert in a certain field, be it sports, a science, or a component of everyday life. He is better than most.

Nevertheless, even a professional will make mistakes in their area of expertise, because it is simply human nature.

Indeed, professionals make mistakes, even in their area of expertise. That being said, who’s to judge you for any mistakes that you have made in the past. It is simply human to make mistakes. The question is, however, whether you will let bygones become a burden, or whether you will take that burden off your back and face the future with a clear state of mind.

The future will soon be the past and you can decide what you make of it. Forgive yourself and look forward.                                                                                                                                                                                            -Sev, 19.07.2017

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The Significant Story

Every great story comprises of multiple stylistic devices, instituting a structure that has the reader engage with the main character, following him in his strive to surpass a struggle. A great story grips us, making us eager to prevail the outcome, making us eager to encourage the main character in his journey. Needless to say, we support the main character, hoping for a positive outcome, staying with him through every step of his endeavors.

Every story has a build-up, possible obstacles, disappointments, on the way to the climax and, ultimately, the happy-ending. The story grips us, because the main character is convicted to their adventure, excited whilst pursuing their personal path, driven towards their destination.

Just as their story was once written, you have the power to write your personal story. Today can be the day in which you climb the mountain and conquer the beast, or, at least, gather the protection you need to embark on such a journey.

You decide your destiny, you are the main character in your story. Support your journey, strive for personal success, facing challenges with a fierce state of mind.

See your life as a story of great significance.

                                                                                                     -Sev, 16.07.2017

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Be Decisive or Don't

We have the freedom to determine our actions. Additionally, it is apparent, that our choice of words and course of action widely define our state of mind. So how do we change our intention to have a clear and pure state of mind?

To be in tune with yourself and your state of mind, you must only commit to actions that you can stand behind with a clear conscience and cutting conviction. When you decide to assist a friend in need, run an errand or play a game of football with your team, you must be decisive in your intention of aid. Performing a task with a dirty state of mind, plagued by greed or guilt, for example, is a task better left untouched, as such situations give you and your conscience sour results.

The ideal intention of aid is the intention of love. Performing your actions with care and love will allow you to keep a clear conscience and help you reap positive results on a physical and mental plain.                                                                                                      -Sev, 20.06.2017

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The Comfort-Zone

We have many aspirations in life. One of them is, simply, to be comfortable; comfortable in our skin, in our choices, in our environment. We must not, however, use comfort as an excuse to hide from personal problems and fears. If we stop pushing ourselves and confine ourselves to personal boundaries, these boundaries will become walls, encompassing the so- called comfort-zone.

The comfort-zone is a place of familiarity, giving us the impression that we are in control; we might be in control, but on a dead-end road with no destination. We drive past the bumpy, potentially uncomfortable cobblestone avenues entitled “dreams” and “destiny” and come to a halt at the end of the road, by our building-in-progress house entitled “the comfort-zone”, only to realize that we forgot to call a plumber to fix the pipes... again.

Needless to say, the comfort-zone makes us lose sight of true aspirations and personal problems become repressed. Furthermore, it gets us focused on routine so strongly, that we begin to believe that we cannot be better ourselves; mediocre performance becomes the norm.

This problematic perception can, however, be very easily altered: we must dare to drive down a different avenue. We must dare to do things that might make us feel uncomfortable. By doing so, we will experience intense gratitude for blessings that we tend to take for granted and increase our concentration in pursuit of our personal destiny.

Mistakes make me grow. Experience makes me me.

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Be proud of who you are today and work to make your future-self proud of what you did today.

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Personal Purity

Our world is run and controlled by media. The advance of technological gadgets, such as computers and smartphones, has made us interconnected with the whole world at all times. This is great for sharing information, making and maintaining friendships and more. Nevertheless, this powerful media of the modern day has not only had a positive influence on today’s world and society.

The upsurge of electronic media and social networking sites has brought about a self-awareness like never before. Idealized social images portrayed by people we should look up to, such as celebrities, put the pressure on us to be “perfect”. This is especially enhanced in adolescence, in which personal development is plagued by peer pressure.

So, consequently, we are constantly judging ourselves and making attempts to change who we are for the taste of others, despite the fact that they are often too absorbed with themselves to really care. Moreover, we are changing who we are, instead of accepting ourselves and working to increase our productivity in passion. After all, if we do not accept ourselves and our personal purity, we will never be able to cherish the beauty in others. 

To conclude, allow yourself to make mistakes. Accept any flaws from your past as a part of your personal progress. Be proud of who you are today and work to make your future-self proud of what you did today.

                                                                                                     -Sev, 10.06.2017

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The Close Companion

It is a true blessing to have a good friend; someone with common interests, with whom we can share a good laugh, someone that we can trust. Needless to say, such a friend will stick with us through thick and thin - help us through hard times and be with us through the good ones. Such friends don’t come by often and are hard to find.

There is one great companion, however, that has always been there for you and will always be there for you. He has seen your hardships and has been a defining factor in the outcome of your current reality. He, more than anyone, wants you to succeed and be happy.

The greatest companion in this world is yourself. You are your thoughts, your self-belief, your choices and ,consequently, your outcome. So, in a world where the odds are often stacked against you and not everyone is on your side, you need to stop hindering yourself through negative thinking and put in a conscious effort to promote yourself. 

So, become your friend. Become someone that you can trust, someone that helps you look forward, someone that doesn’t judge your past. Reassure yourself of all the blessing in your surroundings and the attributes that you cherish about yourself. You can even make a list of these things and put it up in your bedroom. If times are bad, better times are coming. You are on your personal path and you determine its destiny.

You are your closest companion and you want yourself to succeed.

                                                                                                     -Sev, 06.06.2017

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Parents

Parents are our first social structure in a long line of social surroundings. They are the givers of our life and aid our first personal development, building a bridge as best they can through which we can transition into the “real world”. 

This bridge is at the beginning of our road of life and has an overwhelming influence on the way we evolve. The problem is, however, that this bridge may not live up to our expectations in later conscious thinking, or that our parents may have made some mistakes in the making of it. Consequently, it is easy for us to blame our parents in our own misfortune or vilify them when they don’t act according to us.

Having said this, though, we cease to remember that our parents have had a personal road of life themselves and that their beginning bridge was once built by their parents, branding their personal development. This bridge is often plagued by authoritarian concepts and morals or values that were commended in earlier times but are frowned upon in the modern-day.

Our parents are the reason that we are here and, additionally, put in effort to grant us a clean gateway into adulthood, despite having their own personal development plagued by problems and conflict. 

To conclude, our parents deserve more praise than they often receive and, despite the fact that they sometimes act out of line, we should do our best not to take them for granted and cherish them in pursuit of our personal destiny. 

                                                                                                     -Sev, 04.06.2017

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It’s not about what you do, it’s about the way you feel doing it.

Nowadays, we have a lot of time on our hands. Additionally, we have the freedom to choose how we spend our time; whether it’s who we hang out with, pursuing a passion, generally what we do in our free time. So yeah, it’s easy to lose track of all that time, especially with all the distractions posed by modern day extravaganzas.

In the end, however, it is how we spend this treasured time that shapes us into the people we will become. It’s like the butterfly effect; one small action, such as the flap of a butterflies wing, causes a series of events, that eventually lead to an earthquake.  In the same way, your current choices are reflected in your personality and have a great impact on your destiny. ..

                                                                                                     -Sev, 29.05.2017