I shared something yesterday.. and thought I would share it on this blog as well. One of my friends on FB (thank you Lori!) shared an incredible video by Will Smith yesterday morning (that I listened to about 25 times!) Here's a little bit of what I gathered from his inspirational youtube video:
Are you a VICTIM or a VANQUISHER?
Bad things have happened to you, haven't they? Traumatic things. Things you try to cover up with food, alcohol, drugs, shopping, medication. You were messed up by someone else's choices. You are broken because of someone else's mistakes. Or your own. But either way- look around you. We are all broken in some way. Bad crap has happened to every single one of us. It sucks. It really does. But just like Will Smith said, "Fault and responsibility do not go together. It sucks, but that isn't the way it works." It isn't your fault someone broke you, but it's your responsibility to pick yourself up off the floor and quit being a victim.
Defintion of victim: a person who has been attacked, injured, robbed, or killed by someone else. : a person who is cheated or fooled by someone else. : someone or something that is harmed by an unpleasant event (such as an illness or accident)
Definition of a vanquisher: Conquer, defeat (utterly), beat (hollow), trounce, annihilate, triumph over, win a resounding victory over, be victorious over, best, get the better of, worst, bring someone to their knees, overcome.
Read that definition again. To triumph over. To bring someone to their knees. To overcome.
Which one do you want to be?
Do you want to be someone that wallows in their self pity? In their injuries? In your unpleasant circumstances? Or do you want to bring someone to their knees by showing them IT IS their fault you have pain but they sure as heck aren’t going to make you a victim any longer???
"It don’t matter who’s fault it is that something is broken…. if it’s your responsibility to fix it. For example, it’s not somebody’s fault if their father was an abusive, alcoholic, but it’s for da*n sure there responsibility to figure out how they’re gonna deal with those traumas and try to make a life out of it. It’s not your fault if your partner has cheated and ruined your marriage, but it is for da*n sure your responsibility to figure out how to take that pain and how to overcome that and build a happy life for yourself. Fault and responsibility do NOT go together. I know it sucks but they don’t. When we think something is someone else’s fault, we want them to suffer. We want them to pay. We think it’s their responsibility to fix it. But that’s not how it works. Especially when it’s your heart. Your heart. Your life. Your happiness. It’s YOUR responsibility. And your responsibility alone. -Will Smith"
"As long as we are pointing the finger and stuck in who's fault it is... we are jammed and trapped in victim mode... and as long as you're in victim mode, you're in suffering. The road to power is in taking responsibility of your heart and your life."
What are you going to do today?
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Empowering or what?
After a day spent making goals and attempting to crush some of them, we went on a walk as a family. It was absolutely gorgeous out! After a blazing hot weekend, temps in the 70s have been soothing! Here's some pics from our walk last night:
It was an absolutely amazing day! So thankful for this life!
Cheers to Project 365x3!
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