Die Anew

die to live
live to breathe
breathe to feel
feel to know
know to see
see to learn
learn to understand
understand to move
move to die
die to live

do not accept that you are to live as you do now. man only moves forward through death, be it physical or metaphorical. it is how we change, how we progress. when one ceases to continue the process, they become stagnant in life. when this becomes the norm, they do not die, but rather they fade. to fade is to accept your life as it is, and do nothing to push yourself to new heights. it is to take the status quo as irreversible and curse yourself to mediocrity. it is anathema.

if you wish to escape, realize that death is what it takes. not physical death, but death to your life as it is and your mediocrity. death to all the things holding you back from what you can truly become. death to the strings, to the chains, to the bars and walls that hold you.

death to yourself.

if you are not willing to do that, then continue to fade. if you are not willing to risk everything at some point in your life, you will not progress. it will take more than patience, more than determination, more than luck.

it will take God Himself.

make your move, as no one else can. your friends, your sons and daughters, your spouse, your brothers and sisters, mother and father, can do nothing if you do not start it yourself. they can encourage, and even help, but they cannot die in your place. that is in your hands alone. make yourself great.