Why don’t we have the things that we want? Ever think it’s because we don’t deserve it? Of course we don’t.
“I deserve what I want. I work harder than the kid driving a Lamborghini because his dad’s a millionaire. What did he do to get that car? Nothing! Am I right?”
Nope. I don’t deserve the Lamborghini because I haven’t done what I need to do to get a $200,000 sports car. That kid did exactly what he needed to do; he came out of the right woman and was born into the right family. What he doesn’t have is: the opportunity to earn the Lamborghini (more on that in a bit).
We spend so much time wishing and complaining, that we fail to come to grips with the fact that we have everything that we deserve to have. We’re as happy as we should be because our attitude and outlook on life determines our happiness.
We’re as successful as we deserve to be because we’ve put in the amount of work that determines the amount of success we’ve achieved. We’ve also risked and sacrificed what is necessary to be where we are. No more successful, and no less successful than we are right now.
We’ve done what’s necessary to be where we are at this very moment. We haven’t done what’s necessary to achieve everything we want to achieve. Otherwise, we’d be there.
Now what about the spoiled rich kid driving that Lambo… Why shouldn’t we be pissed off at him from being born with a silver spoon while we have to work our asses off for everything we want? Or what about our buddy who has had everything go his way in life; don’t we have the right to be mad at him?! We’re slaving away here, and he’s off in South America living the good life, that lucky son of a b-tch.
Yes, we have that right if we want to be a sour, jealous, shadow of a man for the rest of our lives… on second thought, no we don’t have that right. But we do have an opportunity. A great opportunity.
The kid with the Lambo and the silver spoon will never have the greatest opportunity a man can ever have: the chance to elevate his status, to work hard, and to earn. I have this opportunity. This gift. This blessing. And so do you.
We can be sour, mad, and jealous of our buddy who’s had some good breaks. But will he feel the same towards us when we achieve our success? Probably not, he’s a good dude.
So where do we stand?
Exactly where we deserve to be standing.
Success, no matter how you define it isn’t a right. It’s something that has to be earned. Wherever we are right now in life is where we deserve to be.
Sometimes it sucks to say this because some very hard working and deserving people don’t get the breaks that others get. Sometimes this leads to a change in attitude or a break in their faith. The shaken faith can lead to a lack of hope. The lack of hope can lead to poor decision making, which can lead to more bad breaks ending in a life that had promise, but was never realized.
We are never put under circumstances that we can’t handle. Believe it?
If you do, when time’s get tough and life seems unfair, you’ll know that you can handle it. That no matter how dark life gets, it’s nothing but a passing phase. Like the night is before daybreak. The darkness will always pass if you’re strong enough to stand through it.
If you don’t believe it. If you instead become angry that life isn’t going your way. If you resent other’s success and hate the world for the lack of your own, the darkness will never cease until you decide to change how you view it.
Yes, we are where we deserve to be. Even more, we are where we’re supposed to be.
No higher. No lower.
Only you can create the change that will determine the most important position: where you end up.
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