Monday, May 23, 2016

CREED


There's a great scene in the first "ROCKY" film where Rocky and Adrian are discussing the philosophy of life.  Adrain asks Rocky why he's planning to fight the world champ Apollo Creed and Rocky says:  'If I can go 15 rounds with the guy then I'll know I'm not a bum.'

According to Rocky, that's what life is about.  Those 15 rounds.

We each have something equivalent to those 15 rounds, something we believe is so significant we have to have it - we strive for it - stake our value on it ... we want to achieve a particular career status, make a certain level of income, turn out the perfect kids, etc.

That something, whatever it is, controls you because you desperately seek it.  So you become a slave to it.

You have to have success -- so you become a slave to it in that you get depressed if it ever looks like you're not going to be successful -- you're jealous of those who become successful -- you make bad decisions to attain success, like overworking or damaging your health.

You have to have other people's opinions -- so you become a slave to that.  Those opinions control how you dress, how you act, who you hang with -- criticism kills you.

You have to have romantic excitement or affirmation.  You become enslaved to it.  It's the only way you feel value.

You have to have the latest, nicest thing.

You're a pleasure glutton -- it's drunkenness, it's drug abuse, it's food, it's porn.  You're a slave to your body's appetites.


Do a self-diagnosis:  Ask yourself, 'What is it I have to have in order to be fulfilled and happy?'

Or answer this question:  If I could change one thing about my life right now, it would be ________?

Chances are, what you put in the blank has the greatest potential to enslave you.

Think about it.

And be blessed.

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