Act

We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.
Swami Vivekananda

It's always difficult to hear that your own past actions are responsible for the way you are living now, unless you are living the life of our dreams. It is especially hard to hear that your past actions are the cause of your sickness, especially ones like cancer. We would rather think that we are victims of circumstance, that this is just our fate and we can't do anything about it because it's the fault of something outside us. We can't deal with the idea that we would do something willingly that would hurt us.

But we all know that sicknesses like cancer are very often the result of lifestyle choices we make, such as smoking or eating junk food. It has been said that all diseases are really dis-ease, in other words the result of stress. And stress is something that we do have some control over, although we often don't want to beleive that. We don't willingly cause our sickness; but we cause it through doing what is easiest at the time, not actively making the right choices about what we do on a daily basis.

The truth is that you caused everything in your life. If you didn't do it purposely, you did it by default; by not making a choice. If you are poor, it is because you didn't actively choose to do whatever was necessary to become rich. If you are sick, it is because you didn't actively choose to do whatever was necessary to remain healthy. This is often because we don't know what is necessary to become healthy or rich.

We need to know how to act. But if we are motivated enough, there will always be books to read and people to learn from about acheiving anything we want to acheive. Education is critical to success. We need to learn how to become successful, which will inspire us even more to take that crucial first step on our journey to success.

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