It’s Not Real Life

While on a little adventure recently I heard someone state that my level of fitness wasn’t real life.  Hmm… I could have been offended. I could have said: yeah ok I’ve lived 1/4 of my life in the gym and not everyone does that. Instead, I thought to myself: Have any of the great people we quote lived a ‘real life’?  

What the hell is a real life anyway? What is this REAL they speak of?  Real as in, I spend 1/3 of my day sucking down soda and sitting my ass in front of my television escaping the boredom of my own life by watching some ridiculously silly reality tv show about getting my nails and toes done every week while spending $200 a month on starbucks? Yeah… ok that’s REAL.  Real boring.  Real wasteful. Real materialistic. And that just REALLY isn’t me.

Heroes. Think of your top heroes, the top people you love to quote and whose quotes move you?  Here are a few of mine: 
 Mother Teresa, Ghandi, Wayne Dyer, Buddha, Nelson Mandela, and the list goes on.

Now… I could be completely wrong but I don’t feel as if these people did just everyday things. They probably went out of their way to help others, they took time to enjoy the every day things they DID do.  

Anyway my point is that if you want to be remembered, maybe you should go out of your way, work harder and strive to be better in life. Don’t just settle for “real”.  People that want to leave a mark on the world will put forth more effort than others.

So in your passionately ‘doing’ of what you love, if others call you obsessed or tell you that you’re not living a real life- just keep in mind that great things require greater work and more time. Something you’re dedicated to is worth your energy. (In some cases there are extremes, you also have to live a life away from your passion once in awhile) 

Noq go be passionate.. shine, rust, whatever you want to do- make it last.