Get Uncomfortable

It scares me to watch or read the news anymore. Partially because the things reported on are actually scary. But mostly because the top news stories I see on Google, Facebook, and other media outlets are so ridiculously stupid! We're so obsessed with meaningless nonsense and "entertainment," and we are blinded to the things that really matter. We're so concerned with a "Caitlyn Jenner Halloween Costume" when we should be concerned with the crippling debt on our hands. We're so anxious about celebrity birthday parties that we can't bare to think about our future as a nation. We are fed lies through the media and blinded by entertainment so that we are unaware of what is really going on. And the saddest thing of all is that we already know this is going on. So many people know there is 'something' going on in the government. There is 'something' going on in the world. Do we even know what it is? Do we want to know? So many Americans are stuck with the wool pulled over their eyes. But we refuse to believe it. We are too afraid to leave our comfort zones. We believe that our purpose on Earth is to live our life, raise a family and die. We don't ever do anything for the greater good. We expect the government and our jobs to take care of us.

WAKE UP! The government is not here to take care of you. We take care of them. Without the people, the government has no power. Who are they going to rule over? The people have so much power and they don't even know it. But there are so many too afraid to stand up and say something ain't right. No. I'm not saying to stop paying your taxes. No, don't start rioting in the streets (although that kinda sounds fun to me). I'm just informing the people that they have the power. But they are blind. They don't know. How can they if they have never been told? 

If you're one of the many people who are blinded, then you're probably a little confused as to what I'm even talking about. Let me shed some light with an example. 

Let's say you have a full time job. Your spouse has a full time job. One or both of you went to college and now you have student loan debt. You buy a house: mortgage payment. You finance two vehicles: car payments. You get some kids. You send them to school while you are at work. But you know deep down inside all you want to do is stay home with them and raise your family. You hate your job, yet you give your best hours of your day to it. Why? Because you have no choice. And you wonder how you got into this position. Let me tell you. Every single day, you are marketed to. You see ads about financing literally ANYTHING. You were brought up to think it's the "normal" thing to do. You were taught that everyone is in debt and that's just the way the world is. Maybe somewhere in the back of your mind, you want more. Not just more money, because that wouldn't fix anything. But you want time. You want to LIVE your life, not just slave it away in an office, making money for someone else. You know, that is what you're doing at a job right? Someone hires you to make them wealthy. To make their dreams come true. That doesn't make your boss or the owner of your company a bad person. It means they had the courage to do something else. They didn't want to be a slave to the dollar. They leveraged the dollar and their time to make it work for them.

Hopefully by now you see what I am trying to get at. The question now is, "How do I do that?" This is where the information comes in. It's out there. The information wants to be found. People all the time are given opportunities to live the way they want to and not the way their boss wants them to. But they don't take these opportunities because they are afraid of the unknown. So all I ask is that when you are presented with an opportunity, take a chance on it. Try it out. Don't automatically assume the worst. How can you know what is possible if you don't ever take a risk?

Now, I'm no rebel. I'm no freedom fighter. You might ask, "What credibility do you have? What credentials do you have?" Well honestly, I don't have any. But I do have information. That's all you need right? We are in the information age after all.... You can easily find out absolutely anything you ever wanted to know simply by typing it on a little device that fits in your pocket. Whether you want to believe it or not, that's up to you. But that doesn't make it any more or less true. 

I don't really know where I go with posts like these, but the point of this one is to take risks. Travel to the unknown. Get uncomfortable. Do something that scares you. But here is one thing I ask, DO NOT read this and be inspired for a minute (if you're inspired at all). Set goals. Motivate yourself. Or find something that motivates you to become a better person. Because really, isn't that our sole purpose in life? Be the best we can be so that we can help and influence others?

Take this information and apply it in your daily life. Live every day like it was your last. Never waste a single moment.

- Rachael