So you want to change the world huh? Well I’d double check about those intentions pal. It takes a lot of strength and perseverance to step onto the big stage. A global stage.
We all know one thing: bad guy is bad.
But do you know what it takes to be a good guy? It’s not easy.
Price of Change
The price of change is steep. It will wear you down mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Don’t worry you’ll survive physically, but maybe you’ll wish you hadn’t. Here is a sneak preview of what is required.
Your new life is going to cost you your old one.
It’s going to cost you your comfort zone and your sense of direction.
It’s going to cost you relationships and friends.
It’s going to cost you being liked and understood.
It doesn’t matter.
The people who are meant for you are going to meet you on the other side.
You’re going to build a new comfort zone around the things that actually move you forward.
Instead of being liked, you’re going to be loved.
Instead of being understood, you’re going to be seen.
All you’re going to lose is what was built for a person you no longer are.
The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery
Now one may attribute this new life to many processes. Born again Christians, spiritual rebirth, walking through the abyss, etc etc. You’re going to have to go through all that challenges that you wish to impart on the world. But on the other side? On the other side, the life that is waiting for you, is everything you’ve dreamed of, and perhaps even more than you dared to wish for.
Character
See you can’t just want change, you have to first become the change. You have to be everything you want to see changed in the world. And that requires massive upheaval of what you once held dear. You’ll shed your old skin like a snake moulting, you’ll go through cocoons of transformation. You’ll wish you hadn’t even stepped on this path, but by then it’ll be too late. The void will follow you, it will track you down. Because once you commit to this path, there’s no turning back.
You’ll start having visions of change, of giving speeches on the world stage. These dreams and ambitions will be so strong you won’t know any other way of life. You’ll need to have faith, or some sort of belief system. Because when you walk into the unknown of life, what’s waiting for you on the other side, no one can predict. Now I get it, all this sounds sexy and risqué. And that’s why I walked this path too.
Simply because I couldn’t stand to see the world just slip through my fingers and fall into demise with me just standing on the sidelines. For some people, a family life and a nice job is the end goal. For me, it’s not. I thrive on purpose, for me purpose is above all. Your family can leave you, your friends can leave you, money can leave you, but purpose is innate. If you feel the call for it, I’d be careful about picking up that phone.
Confrontation
Now as I said before, bad guy is bad, we all know that. But not only is the bad guy bad, you’ll have to face him. He’s in the comment section of your posts, spewing his hatred, mocking you. He’s your friends and family turning on you, questioning everything that you do. Hell, if you make it big enough, you might even face the devil himself on the grand stage of life.
But I get you, right? You’re still not deterred. A flame burns within you. One that can’t be extinguished by a mediocre life. One that can’t be bought with money. You don’t know any other way of life. You don’t know why but you feel called to something greater than yourself. You question yourself “why am I on this planet?”. I asked myself those questions too. And now I’m walking a path where I don’t know where it leads.
I have dreams that far exceed my material conditions. And some people may call me crazy, but hey, those crazy enough to change the world are the ones that do ;).
Verdict
If you feel called to this way of life, think of yourself as a samurai. To a samurai his honour is worth more than his own life. You have to be willing to give it your all. You gotta look at death in the face (and you might actually have to) and be like “take my life but you will never take my heart”. And death will laugh and he will say “silly mortal you are no match for me”. But death doesn’t know that within each humans beats a divine heart. A capacity for good that no evil can extinguish.
If you’re with me, my brothers and sisters, let’s march. Let’s fight. Let’s make wrong, right. And for tonight, we shall not go silently into that goodnight.
Peace ✌️