What would you do?

For the sake of argument, let's agree that 25% of humans are destined to fail at life. With this percent, there would be one in every 4 member family. Let's say it's your mother. Or your brother. They are those bums that we hear everyone complain about sucking the life out of the system. Everyone disapproves of their lazy, drug doing ways. They leech welfare. Everyone knows those people who I am talking about yes? We have established that they are there and now to admit, they are not going to change. What are you going to do? We can hypothesize that they are going to change, but every effort we have made to change them has tragically failed. They constantly disappoint and frustrate us. What are you going to do? Are you forever going to wait for them to change? Are you going to withhold love and a relationship because they do not meet your standard of a human? Are you going to stop yourself from loving them because you know it's going to be a painful road? Are you going to allow them to starve because they do drugs? Do you want them to either away because you think the world would be a better place, that somehow evolution will weed the gene out? If evolution was impactful, we should have a much stronger species. Let's face it. We all know someone who is performing under our standards. What are you going to do when you know you can't change them? Hopefully love them anyways? 

<3xo

Sarah Anderson 

Living an Intentional Life

So the last year has been a little reckless for me. I've been a wee bit crazy. It's time for me to start living an intentional life again. What does that mean? That means making every day count. Learning what I love and doing it. If I could build my ideal life, what would that look like? If every move I made was building towards a goal, all of my energy placed to make my dreams a reality, what would my dreams look like?

I would have a job that I love, where I can give my time serving others and expanding my strengths. I would volunteer weekly, giving my time to causes I care about. I would travel three weeks a year, experiencing new places, meeting new people, learn history and culture. I would study more about the meaning of life through different religions, spiritual pursuits and artist expressions. I would actively explore nature, finding myself in my surroundings. I would be a competitive pole dancer in my spare time: a very fit and healthy, vegan pole dancer. I would invest myself in positive relationships, family, friends, love. 

This is a lot of things that I want my life to look like. This means that I cannot waste my energy on things that are not good for me. This phase has been essential in my development and life coping skills building. However, after my birthday party, I'm going to slow down a little and create the life that I want to pursue, since this may be the only life I live. Maybe, maybe not. But it's the one I'm living now. 

Song of the day: Dreams by Lady Gaga 

Much Love 

<3 XO

Sarah R Anderson