Life is a journey through thick and thin. Life is a journey through the mountains and streams, cliffs and rivers, snow and desert, the monsoon and summer. Life is a journey of constant self-discovery. A Journey of constant learning and adapting. With every New Year comes a new self-discovery. I always ask myself, “What have I done since last year around this time?” If I have done nothing last year, I should do something good this year. If I did something great last year, I should do something greater this year. Always changing to better myself. Change is a part of our human evolution. The weather changes. The environment changes. Technology changes. We have to change with them in order to adapt. Adaptation is part of survival. To survive, a living organism must change, adapt and evolve. I want to change, and keep changing. Without change, you will always be the same. No improvement let alone survival.
Life is beautiful, precious and short. Life comes in all shapes, sizes and colors. You only have one life to live. Thus, you must live a good life. "The greatest value in life is not a bank account. The greatest value in life is not a car, a home to live in. The greatest value in life is living a good life," Jim Rohn. Life is about bettering yourself as you age and experience changes. [In life you must constantly figure out] “how to continue living a good life,” Jim Rohn. Don’t waste your life away. Treasure your every second, every minute, every hour, every day, every week, every month and every year. Because in life, there is a beginning and there is an end. There is birth; there is death. One is born; one must die. Thank your mother and father, for they have created you. Without them, you would not have come into existence. All men are created by a man and woman. All men are made in the woman's womb. All men eat, shit, sleep and cry, grow old and die. No one is superior. No one is inferior.
Living a good life is being mentally, physically, financially and spiritually happy. If one of these four parts of your life is missing, likely you are not living a good life, and most of us are missing either one or two. If you're not living a good life, you're not happy. Happiness is a constant. You should always be happy no matter what happens. The majority of people choose not to be happy. You must continually better your mental, physical, financial and spiritual self. Jim Rohn said, “Better to live in a tent on the beach with someone you love than to live in a mansion all by yourself." Do you agree with this truth? What good does it do if you have all the wealth in the world, but you have no one to love you? One to share and spend it with. Your spirit and soul would not be happy. You would be lonely. The worst thing in life is being lonely - having no one to love you, to care for you especially when you die. Having love ones to take care of your body, dress and put you to rest when you die is what everyone desires at the end of our time here on earth. I once knew an elderly man, a friend, who had no one, not even his family or friends to be there for him when he knew he was going to die. It is a sad thing to live alone in this beautiful world.
This is what we all need in life: a mentor, friend and student. Those who are missing either one or all three are lost. A mentor is someone who we learn from. Someone who teaches and guides us. Someone who gives us wise and sound advice. A friend is someone who we share experiences we go through with. Someone who is willing to listen to us. Someone who we would do the same in return. A student is someone who we pass on our knowledge to. Someone who we teach and guide to be on the right track. In doing so, we follow our mentor's steps. And our student follows our step like a cycle. A cycle of being human.