The Call to All
To live a Life without Honor is to have not really Lived, an opportunity lost. To commoditize our Life in favor of concept conformity is to become a subject, to yield our own liberty. To serve the dreams of others at the expense of our own is to deliver our own oppression. And the finger of blame cannot and must not point anywhere but at us, the power of choice was embedded in us for good and wise purposes – we must use it – we are the honorable guardians of our own Joy.
The mere implication that any human holds right or rule over our well-being is an absurdity. Progress and well-being are self-created; from the decisions we make to the actions we take, the value state of our Life is dependent upon no one but us. Under no circumstances can or should some abstract notion of success drive our actions or our behavior. Too many before us have suffered and been washed away in pursuit of meaning that wasn’t their own, we cannot further the fate.
As we age and mature, our own individual version of success develops and separation between our version and others’ should be a natural occurrence. There may be no time history where we’ve exercised less judgment or independence in this regard than in current times. And with Pain now at intolerable levels, the time to change course is upon us. We must accept the natural pride that is native to Life and champion the right to Win the way we want to Win, create the value we want to create, and realize the Joy that we want to realize in an honorable, meaningful, and sustainable way.
We must embrace and embolden diversity. We’re all free to pursue our own internal truths and however they manifest for each of us, we must collectively support all efforts to honorably and uniquely contribute to Life as the inspirations that they are. The just success of one is the success of all and each individual’s pursuit to honor Life is the bond that must tie us and keep us together going forward.
So what is it that we wait for? Our current state demands bravery, not patience – the amount of time that we have left is unknown and every day matters. To be subject to our own fear, doubt and procrastination in the face of diminishing opportunity is to fall victim to cowardice and self-tyranny. That is not us, that is not who we are.
We cannot let the misfortunes of the past keep us from our advance. Our adversity has forged us and the wisdom we have earned was acquired at great cost – it must be embraced and shared, not shamed and smothered. We may not be accepting of how we got here and we will never forget the injustices that have scarred us, but we can find peace and confidence in our own honor and in the knowledge that truth is the final justice that comes for all in time summoned or not. Leave the harms of the past with as much additional investment as they deserve – none – there is nothing left for us in no-Joy.
We must now accept the accountability that only we can assume. Until we do, we will continue to feel the anxiety and strain of insecurity and unfulfilled potential and we will continue to increase the highly dangerous risks associated with teasing tragedy. We mustn’t be haunted by the opportunity that we’ve been afforded – it is to be celebrated not feared.
We’re all called to free our potential, to become all that we’re capable of becoming. We’re all called and yet, few answer – too few answer. We mustn’t suffer the same fate. If we’re to live freely, we must now earn the honor that is freedom; we must now earn the honor that is Life.
On the day, we’re put to a decision for our well-being. We can choose to fold, to not respond to the call, to not fail further by not playing at all, to slow the rate of depreciation of our well-being as much as possible and just suffer through the remainder of our journey. We can choose to meet the call, to engage, to face the tests and the challenges head on, and do the very best we can with what we have to appreciate our Life. Or, we can see Life’s call and we can raise it.
- We can decide that it’s time to transcend what is, to set our own tempo, our own rhythm, our own cadence.
- We can decide to not just preserve our well-being, but to optimize it.
- We can decide that we’re not here to merely endure but rather to Win and to Joy on our terms.
- We can decide make the absolute most of what means the very most to us, to free ourselves, and to maximize our own unique contribution to Life in consideration for
- We can decide that our opportunity is truly invaluable, that our experience is special, and that we can have a material positive impact on those we love the most and on the world at large through caring action.
There is no more time to delay, no more time to take the risk of passing the action in hopes of another chance. There is only one move that stands up to reason . . . we must not only answer Life’s call, we must Raise Honor.
Welcome to Win. Joy. Repeat.
