Life is hard. That doesn't mean it can't be awesome. What it does mean, is that you have to fight for everything in life worth having. Your friends, your family, your career and anything else that is important is not easy to hold on to. Think about it this way, is it really that hard to be out of shape? Is it that hard to lie? Is it hard to sleep late? No, it isn't. It is hard to be in great shape. Sometimes it can be really hard to be honest and getting up early every day can be a challenge.
You can have all the things you want in life by fighting for it. All the beautiful things on this earth have to be fought for and protected, that's why we have societies who fight to protect the rain forests and national parks. As if being beautiful wasn't enough. Relationships are the same way. Your relationships with your spouse, your kids,or your friends all require work. If you stop calling or spending time with them the relationship will wither. They are all worth fighting for. There is a direct correlation between the time you spend with those who mean a lot to you and the quality of that relationship.
I see a lot as a teacher. One of the saddest things I see at school, are kids who have no direction at home. They feel like they aren't worth anything because no one fights for them. I know times are tough and people are struggling with the basic needs of life but, it's not to much to ask to spend an hour a day with your kids. It goes back to what I said earlier, it's a lot easier to sit on the couch and watch tv than it is to get up and invest an hour of your life in your kids. No matter what anyone says, it is always worth it. You will get more out of that time than you would watching tv. This is why we have a generation of kids being raised by the Jersey Shore and Kim Kardashian (it's really depressing that those people have the same right to vote as I do.).
What happened to the Jews when they left Egypt? They wandered in the desert for forty years, but did they have to? No, they had a choice. They could have fought. The people they were facing were bigger than they were and had big walls around their cities, but they could have at least fought for what they want. Don't wander around and waste your life because you're afraid to fight. Start picking small battles, learn to tell yourself no (more on this later), and win your life back. Save a little money, drink water, eat grilled instead of fired chicken or spend some time with someone important. All these things are worth the fight.
One of the worst things you can do in the middle of a struggle is to think about how hard it is. Like I said, life is hard. That's just understood, like you at the beginning of an imperative sentence (I think that's right). Don't judge it, just put your head down and keep fighting. If you believe what you're doing matters, then it does. You just have to understand that it is going to be hard. But if it is hard, then it is definitely worth the fight.
God Bless,
Seth
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