Waste Not

All of time, and all of space

Is but a chase within a race

A battle between life and death

To the very last beating breath

Throughout eternity’s infinite span

Men are cast away like specs of sand

And the one truth we can’t deny

Is that all who live, will surely die

So do not sulk and do not squander

This great world of wisping wonder

Dare to dream

Start to scheme

Take a chance

Make a stance

Be free to fail

And blaze a trail

Do not wait

To change your fate

For in the end when all is gone

And every word is said and done

You will not get a second chance

To dance within the great expanse

Make each moment earn its place

So that when you face death’s sweet embrace

You will not falter, you will not fret

You will not have one small regret

For underneath the stars that shine

You played a part in the divine

And through that connection with the whole

You’ll find yourself an immortal soul

The one thing that’s so sublime

It transcends all space and time

With that knowledge in your head

You’ll know that those who lived, cannot be dead

So take haste and do not waste

Another second you can’t replace

For all of time, and all of space

Is but a chase within a race

-Josh Coker

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Choose Your Destiny: Using Misfortune to Cultivate Success

Most of the time we blame our state of affairs on the following outside sources:

• Family
• Environment
• Government
• Luck
• Education
• Opportunities
• Skills
• Others

Taking this victim mentality does not help us in the long run. 

Despite the fact that we have started with no control over these forces, over time we gain control and can direct, redirect, or change all of these situations. Negative beginnings can act as great character builders. We can cultivate these difficulties—by turning them into life lessons--and use them to our advantage. For example, coming from poor family and living in destitute conditions is considered a disadvantage. However, if you look at it through a different lens, you are learning discipline, and to live off of less. With this experience, one can learn that they are strong enough to go without luxury--not only a valuable lesson for life, but a power many people lack. Not only will this make hard times easier, but it will make every success more meaningful. 

Negative situations drive us to push for the opposite outcome. If you came from a bad family life, this should drive you to be different and allow your children to have a better one. Also, the public loves and underdog because everyone relates with hard times. 

If you were born rich, and came from a great place with no obstacles, no one will understand what that’s like. 

Things might be slow going at first, but just imagine you’re river water. Soon the stream will flow into a waterfall, with crushing force. You will erode away rock, slip around corners, leak through cracks until your force builds so much momentum it floods everything/one. Only you can put a box around yourself. And only you can pull yourself out of that box.