One Inevitable Truth

I had a hard time sleeping this morning. I couldn't sleep. While I sat there in bed I came upon a few finds and one inevitable truth.

So I laid there in bed right, just thinking. We've all been there. We've all been laying in bed, not sure if we are tired or not. I mean our bodies may be but our brains are not. We are constantly thinking and thinking. No matter what weighs on our minds we just can't seem to get it to sleep. Me, it is what it was that brought me to my inevitable truth, but I will get to that later.

So I sat there and I spent time reading Facebook and scrolling through my Instagram. As I scrolled and read I began to get tired. It's as if my will to stay awake was sucked out of me and into social media... and then I laid down and went to sleep. We spend out lives, sharing them on social media just to waste it on social media.

I mean, I couldn't not sleep. Let me repeat that, I COULD NOT SLEEP. I has things to do, tasks at hand. I had blogs to write, drawings I'm sitting on and need to complete, artwork as a whole that I need to finish to provide myself a more satisfied future. I could not sleep because my passion was keeping me awake. I can't explain it outside of I could not sleep and my passion kept me up. Breakthroughs and progress all got swept under the table because I wasted my time on social media.

It was an opportunity wasted and that's when it hit me, my inevitable truth. I cannot waste the opportunity to make any dream I have into a reality because why should I be so ungrateful of any moment I have while someone I love is in a hospital fighting for a chance to become whole again. It's arrogance to believe that I can sit back and waste even a few minutes of my time not seeking a better me.

Many times, very recently, I've been told I have great potential in my art and I've done nothing more than nothing with it at all. That stops today. From the time that this is posted I will be drawing, working on a website, working on a portfolio, and working on a submission piece. I refuse to waste anymore time just sitting around waiting for something better because I'll be honest and truthful with you, there is nothing better. Nothing better than the ability to get up and make something of ourselves.

Right now we are living in a time when we wonder who the best presidential candidate will be to help make our country great again but if you come to the undeniable truth that I've come to you will realize that person is you. Get up. Do something. Strive for a batter tomorrow for you and your family. Don't give up. Be relentless and stop whining because the truth is that there is someone out there who wishes they had that opportunity.

Stop taking it for granted.

-Pat