When the going gets tough be that guy

An easy way to a better you without even trying

That guy is my favorite writer, Hunter.S. Thompson. A little over looked rumor I shall say, was that even though he would sensualize drug use and make it the anchor for a lot of his work, he really never wrote unless he was sober. This is straight speculation though, nothing more than something I heard in high school.

Writing was never in my mind something I could do. I remember when some one said to me I should be a writer and how I brushed it off. Then I was told over and over again. I guess it’s time to belive everyone. When I realized I could make money from it I laughed. I said writing and making money that’s not a job. Ding! The secret recipe for the Perfect job. It’s not a job it’s something I love to do! The fact I make a living is a bonus, a big satisfying bonus. There are other things that I love to do too. Other things I thought the same way about. I think I’m going make a living doing those things too. How fantastic is that! It really is and I encourage everyone to try it.

But how will I survive ? What will people say? I have bills how will I pay them?

Now, what about me and my sympathetic thoughts for you? I don’t care ask me those same questions in six months and maybe I’ll consider caring. But I don’t know what will happen you say, Ahhh the big scary unknown. Always accompanied by the I don’t know what will happen so I better not do it because I can’t control it feeling. I hate to tell you this but you never had control and you never will, not that part of life anyway. The only thing you have control over is what you choose to do in this very moment and even then I’ve heard some pretty convincing theories saying otherwise.

Anything can happen It's how you deal with it. You are the captain of your own soul. You may not have control of the tide but you can steer and set your course. You are the captain of your own soul why would you not take control of that? You wouldn't drive down the highway and just take your hands off of the wheel and say well I don't have control of those elements around me so I better just see what happens on autopilot. You crash and you burn after a really long boring ride. Take control and be the captain of your soul.

Is there an easy way to achieve whatever you want? Yes there is, but it takes time. It also takes time to die, so in the meantime you might as well dive right in. I’m diving in and letting me take the steering wheel for once. It’s amazing to finally hear myself out for a change and I’ve got a lot to tell me.

If you don’t go with what you love then you will always hate what you do. cliche yes, is it true? Yes, in every way, shape, or form. Love is universal and it is honestly the only language we need. Once you realize that, those little tasks you do on the side that you genuinely like to do, are what you are made to do, go do them. Be the best you that no one ever told you to be, because I know you can. You can waste away in a path you’ve chosen, one that you’ve been told to choose because some guy or gal influenced a crowd to believe it and now that bad information is imprinted onto you. Then there is the other alternative, the only alternative and that is, you can take the red pill. I warn you though, this option is going to make everything you ever dreamed about a reality. Are you really ready? Ready to make everything you ever wanted a normal day in your life? Then swallow that bad boy down and get going.

When you realize that, happy birthday your life just started. When that happens everything you do becomes effortless because you are in sync with the universe. Your energy is now part of the bigger picture. Its why I always say you get back what you put out. Sometimes granted an asteroid will swing out of orbit and smack you in between the eyes but that’s only a small percentage, the rest is all you, all the time. Make it count because you finally put those hands of yours on the wheel and you ain’t driving for nascar.

When life seems to have come to a giant stop and you can’t figure out why your head is flat from hitting it so many times against that wall, remember take the red pill. You are in charge, no one else and you have no right to blame anyone but you. It goes for all of us and every time you say it’s some else, change their name to yours and you just figured out your problem, now you can solve it. We can all use a reminder of that and I know it’s stupid and yadda yadda yadda. Who Wants to listen to some rich guy talk about loving yourself and how you’re doing it wrong. Well I’m not rich (yet) and I’m vulgar , I swear, I gamble and I think your dad is kinda hot , but I put the same principals into my life and I can’t describe the way it is, I just have to show you. When you have been through what I have and I’ve been through some heavy heavy things, It’s nice to erase that pain without a drink or work routine to bury in to. You can breath and it doesn’t hurt, it is worth it trust me.

In my final thoughts I have to ask this, why with everything we know and every bit of knowledge that we can get, if we looked for it, why do we still take life for granted? How do we as a society expect to evolve and live abundantly if we cant respect life? In order to live we need to wake up from the dead.

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The Midnight Writer

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I'm always in the rain and forever warming the soul with dark taboo. This is a truly disturbing happy.

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