Maybe this is truly the reason behind why I haven't attracted success quite yet..
To be honest I've always felt this way. I feel like I don't mean much to people even though they assure me I'm a great father and wonderful person, but I just always feel like I do nothing right. I feel as though I feel too much and even worse than that, I feel like if I were to be open about any of what I do feel it simply puts people in an uncomfortable and inconvenienced position.
I'm the only person that can combat the evil presence within that keeps telling me I'm nothing and that I don't deserve happiness. There has always been this amplified voice within my head that fools me into thinking things that are not real. I feel like we can all get this voice inside of us. We over exaggerate things and become emotional. Maybe it's my own entitlement for self worth and externalized happiness. Either way why do I always feel like I'm failing? Why is it that no matter how hard I try, everything gets in the way of me pursuing my dreams.
Is it selfish to try staying up extra hours in the night to read and write and journal and think? I feel like it is...
Is it wrong to wake up at 3 every morning to workout, consume more positivity, meditate and constantly try to figure this out?... I feel like it is...
Is it wrong to just feel proud of myself and happy for others and to just be kind?... I feel like it is...
Is it wrong to try my best and fail at things without yelling at myself for not being able to get things done right away?... I feel like it is...
Is it wrong to not badger myself over the things I cannot do well and for the mistakes I've made in the past?... I feel like it is...
Is it wrong to forgive myself and try my best everyday to just be a better person overall?... I feel like it is...
Is it wrong to try and just be present and be grateful all of the time?... I feel like it is...
Because truth be told I feel guilty inside. I feel guilty for pursuing. I feel guilty for wanting to be more everyday. Like it is a cursed light switch flipped on and I cannot find a way to dim it in order to shut it off. I am no where near where I want to be but I'm extremely happy where I am and proud of myself for what I've been able to accomplish this far. I've truly done all I can with what I have and continue to do so...
Yet I feel like a bad person for that. I feel like a failure for wanting to be kind. I feel stupid for wanting to give love to everyone. I feel like I don't deserve the happiness I want to give to others. I feel like my intentions are never going to be worthy for anyone...
...And at the same time I do feel that my potential will be pursued once I reach the level of patience and preparation required for any sort of opportunities to capitalize on. I just I want to listen and keep being present.
Whether I die today or 50 years from now I'm just so tired of feeling like I'm disappointed in myself. Everyday I wake up and have to try so hard to reform my decision making abilities to always combat the villains of life. Some people can just go about life as normal and I cannot. I feel misunderstood probably 99.9% of the time, and the rest is me going about regular daily life. I feel like that is going to be my leverage one day but for right now maybe it's just the toll that needs to be paid. Maybe this is the final stretch.
All I can do is keep putting one foot in front of the other and continue to push forward because the fact of the matter is, not all days are good... But not all nights are bad. It is very often that we learn more from the depths of darkness than we do the cascading blindness of the light. Regardless though this is my journey, and I am the path. It begins within us. It ends without us, and what we do in between either cancels out or creates a difference. That's just simple math.