Entitlement

My run earlier this week was great, I felt strong and powerful when I finished. The following is some of my stream of consciousness.  I hope it inspires you too.

 

I am entitled to my dreams and to make those dreams reality.

I am entitled to laugh and cry; to experience joy and pain, because without pain how do you know pure joy.

I am entitled to create for myself my dream life.

I am entitled to swim through the ocean, to soar through the sky, to run through the fields and explore the boundless wonder of Earth.

I am entitled to feel and be human, to allow my senses to operate at full capacity.

I am entitled to work and play.

I am entitled to wander aimlessly, to love deeply and feel passionately.

I am entitled to waste time, for time is truly all I have and it is a precious limited resource, but it is mine to spend as I see fit.

I am entitled to live my life, to set goals, to fail, then try to achieve them again, and again and however long is needed to reach success.

I am entitled to work my ass off every day; to trade my blood sweat and tears for the opportunity to compete.

I am entitled to fail, to fall, to stumble and to pick myself back up and learn from each experience; because, without failure I cannot grow.

I am entitled to work hard, and to push myself just a little further because my dreams can only be realized by me.  The opportunities that present themselves as challenges each day can only be surmounted by my will.

Each win is celebrated but each loss forces me to evaluate, work harder and perfect myself.

I am entitled to think and have an opinion different than yours, because the same is boring, and being a bully does not make you correct.

I am entitled to be wrong, to forgive and be forgiven to make mistakes and expand my heart.

I am entitled to live life my way; and knowing this, I won’t tell you how to live yours.