I'm Not Afraid

How many of you, that are reading this, have something that you struggle with? Anything. Bad habits, addictions, etc.. Alright, so there's a few of you, awesome. Not awesome actually. I wish there were less. Anyway.

Props to anybody that recognizes the correlation between title and cover photo.

Back to the addiction thing.

In this video, our protagonist, Marshall, is coming to terms with some bad habits and/or addictions of his own, which is a very good thing. His habits have had a negative impact on his personal life, and wants to lead a better lifestyle, as he is raising a daughter at the time. He wants to be a good example, as he has lots of influence on those that know him.

One of his more notable quotes is as follows:

I just can't keep living this way. So starting today, I'm breaking out of this cage. I'm standing up, I'ma face my demons. I'm manning up, I'ma hold my ground. I've had enough, now I'm so fed up, it's time to put my life back together right now.

I've felt like that before. It's a pretty powerful speech that this speaker, Marshall, delivers. The video of him delivering said speech has accumulated quite a sizable amount of views on YouTube.

Addictions are such weird things. It starts out with you finding something that you enjoy, and ends with you not knowing how to stop. And the even crazier thing is, legitimately anything can be an addiction.

There are lots of mainstream addictions/bad habits out there. Smoking, drinking, gambling, cursing, lying, etc.

There are also lots of addictions and/or bad habits that people don't notice, or aren't on the surface. Always assuming the worst, lust, bad self image, gossip, judging, etc.

I was reading in C.S. Lewis' book: The Screwtape Letters, and came across a cool quote. I don't have it in front of me at the moment, but it was talking about how man thinks that one of Satans best devices is to put things into mans head; different ideas, temptations, lies, etc. It said that while that works a lot of the time, the more efficient way is to take things out of his head. Take out the good parts that are already there. Get him to forget about his spirituality, his morals, his reputation, his wife or girlfriend, his savings account, his health, etc.

He's an excellent writer, and I would highly recommend checking into some of his work, specifically that book. It's eye-opening.

It takes a while to make or break an addiction, so you have to be careful what you do. Thoughts become actions, actions become habits, habits form character, character determines destiny.

Whatever addiction you're dealing with, know that I stand with you against it, because Lord knows I've got my own to deal with, and I could use your help as well.

Off of that topic, my sister, sitting directly to my right, just told me of the clever ploy that is/are birds. You see, apparently they're not actually birds. She claims that they're government spies, which makes bird houses, specifically the ones with the clear back that you put on your windows, even creepier. The FBI's gettin lazy I guess..

That was your tidbit of what its like to live in the same house as the one and only Francesca Molgaard for the day. Appreciate it.

The second thought for this post is brought to you by my sister Francesca as well.

She told me a quote that said: "Don't be afraid of failure. Be absolutely terrified of regret."

I thought that was pretty deep. And it's true. It's absolutely true. At the end of the day, I can deal with failure, because you know what, it's something that I could not have changed. Regret? I've only been alive for 19 years, and there's an ungodly amount of things that I regret not having done that have stuck with me to this day.

Make like the man in the Milky Way commercial and go all "NO REGERTS" on 'em. Worst comes to worst, things don't work out. You won't have the regret though, so you'll be fine.

That's all I've got for tonight. Thanks for reading,

My next post will be that of a guest speaker, so look forward to that.

Until then, stay alive dudes.

Thanks for tuning in.

-Dominic Romeo

1:24 AM

8-17-19