The Book of Ashes
Legend in his own mind, creator of all you see here, he walks this Earth on the path of the becoming.
On Thursday, 2, June 2005 Ashes wrote...
Belief... 9:11PM
People just don't realise. Its right in front of them but they don't understand. They say they do but they don't, otherwise they would be doing things differently. Its exercise, its eating healthily, its getting a well paid job and getting ahead in life. The right way of doing things is spelled out, it just takes belief in yourself and persistance or hard work.
A few examples...
If you want to become good at something, don't say "I don't have the time to do it properly now, I'll do it later." Its better to play guitar once a month than not at all, after 5 years you'll be starting to get alright and it will motivate you to get better.
Don't accept what the world gives you. It can be hard to get where you want to but keep on trying.
Believe that you can achieve anything. You only really achieve about 10% of your capacity on any one thing anyway so if you're not as good at something you just have to try harder.
Look for another angle if you're not as good straight away.
Usually it is just motivation.
Soccer is my currently example. I get annoyed that I'm not good. I see my mistakes and how I could be better. I'm honest with myself, I'm not the best soccer player. So I go out and run. I've been doing 2 runs a week plus soccer. This is just enough to get ahead and make a little difference, I should be doing more, but in the end it doesn't matter if I'm not the best player, I can run around and harrass all the other players and tire them out. I'm going to be everywhere on the field. It is a matter of trying and continuing to try. If your brain wants it enough then it places importance on your body learning it.