Do It Fit Oregon

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Sadly true

(Yes, this takes about 2 minutes to read)

You live surrounded by people, yet remain so alone in your life

You can live surrounded by people, yet remain so alone in the dark

We create isolation in our life by trying to stay connected every waking minute. We pass out with phone in hand late at night, we panic, frantically searching for the illusion that we must, at whatever cost, be there to answer that next text, message or email.

There are no personal conversations, only a short series of meaningless texts. Even the ones you love never get more that a few words that are meaningless.

There is no relaxation, or true rest anytime in our life, only the spastic response to a ping from the phone, and the glow that lights up your night soft ping after ping. We are in bed, but we never rest, and still remain so alone.

Going to a bar with friends is little more than a series of selfies, posts and responses to people somewhere else, or staring at a giant screen on the wall over someone’s shoulder. It really doesn’t matter who you are with since everyone anywhere else is more important than where you are now.

Your friends function at the edge of superficial because truly getting to know them would require an act of friendship, such as actually being present for an hour or two and enjoying their company.

There is no intimacy with a spouse because that would require spending focused time talking and listening instead of pretending to be present as you master the one-handed scroll.

The kids are lost to you simply because you were there, but never really there. Everyone, including your children, know that any text or email to you demands an immediate response, while a walk or play with them disconnected for even an hour is beyond your capacity to comprehend.

Your clients pay you big money for your attention, something you are unable to provide since you are always focused on what is next on the phone instead of what is now in front of you…and you wonder why they leave and stop returning your texts?

We are surrounded by people every day, but we feel lonely, isolated and left out of life because we have replaced the lost arts of conversation, touch and empathy with a nod, a grunt and a glance down to check that phone just one more time.

Someday you might figure out that a personal talk and a glass with a friend is more important than a meaningless text deluge.

Someday you might realize that the kids and spouse no longer care and have moved on to anyone who will listen and truly interact when they need it the most.
Someday you just might realize the real secret to happiness is simply paying attention to the life you already have.

Wow

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Remember this people.

Truth

You were born with all the inner strength you ever need…but you choose to let it fade away.

Your personal inner strength comes from living true to yourself, when you are following your own dreams, creating your own life and refusing to give up who you are, and what you believe, for the sake of others.

We are all born with inner strength, but we often die an empty shell because we willingly give away our greatest power, which is the strength to control our own lives.

We do work for the check, and not the passion; we live in places we don’t like afraid to take the risk and leave; we end up in relationships that drain our souls but stay for all the wrong reasons; we let parents, friends or spouses dictate our lives and slowly, over time, our inner strength fades away replaced by a sense of bitterness that we could have done more, could have had a more meaningful life and could have chased our dreams if only we would have had the strength.

Inner strength is nothing more than the personal realization our own life matters, and that we have the right, and the strength, to reach for a level of success and happiness only we can define for ourselves.

We are all born with the strength to change our own world.

We all have the power to create our own lives.

We all have that core strength to find out just how far we can go in life.

Your inner strength is your greatest gift.
The challenge in life is to use this strength to remain true to who you really are.

Sir Tomas Plummer