Do you ever feel like your an extra in a movie sometimes during your daily life, that the main scenes of the movie are taking place elsewhere, with pampered stars shooting scenes that are exciting and filled with action, romance and life, while your scenes consist of a pedestrian in the background crossing the street ? Well let me tell you that life is not a movie, it’s a million times more exciting than all the movies ever made put together, and you are the star of the story of your life.

You write the script, and the screenplay, and you direct every scene of the greatest movie every made— Your LIFE !!

Don’t let others pigeonhole you, and don’t work to make others dreams come true, if your unhappy with your work or your daily routine, break down the walls of your cubicle or kick down the door of you’re office and say NO! That was my idea, it was on my back your building this company, I demand to be noticed, recognized and rewarded appropriately, or I’ll go elsewhere and do it better for myself.

Because isn’t your life , and your family and your children worth it ? A polite hand and a smiling face handing you a paycheck while that same hand pays itself 10 times more than that, are they really worth that much more than you ? If your not yelling NO ! Let me be the first to join a chorus of people who will scream it out loud for you. Are you questioning if your worth it ? Or do you think your fortunate to work for your company and have a job, when in fact your company is fortunate to have you, and how do you determine your self worth? Are you a Father or a Mother ? How would you determine your self worth if you thought in those terms ? Your true value, and the value of your time and presence in that regard is incalculable, yet people seem to be more than willing to let a multi-million or more likely billion dollar company decide their self worth( that’s decided by you and God, not other people)

And another good question to ask yourself is your job enriching you as much as you enrich those around you in your workplace. Now you may think I’m being unrealistic, that’s not how life works, but really, who exactly decides how YOUR life works? And I promise you this, in our country, with all the opportunities available to us, if you choose a job for just the money, and don’t have a passion for the work you do for your paycheck, your life will eventually become miserable, because you won’t derive any joy from getting up in the morning, to looking forward to creating and inspiring others, and making your company, and perhaps the world a better place. are you your job ? I don’t think you are unless your work is your passion and that passion brings all the joys that life has to offer behind it, your job shouldn’t define you, you should define your job. A sense of achievement and or pride of creating something new the world has never seen before, that’s a unique contribution that only YOU can give. I’m not telling you to be mean or greedy or selfish, or to take more than you give. As a matter of fact when your find your passion you’ll want to throw all your effort behind it, you’ll spring out of bed in the morning with a purpose that excites you and that you can’t wait to build upon, and you’ll also find that the more effort that you give to something you love and have passion for, what you receive in return will always exceed your most herculean efforts by 1000% and more, living your life with passion everyday, and in everyway, in your job or your own business or in any other area of your life will be rewarded in an infinite value that can’t be calculated.

So go forth, create, be yourself, and don’t ever put a price tag on your self worth, it can never be measured by mere dollar signs. And as some people will dismiss this article and find comfort around the water cooler laughing at it as a work of fiction or fantasy, living in their own comfort zone, not at standard that they create, but that some company mandate creates. and let them laugh, because I’ll tell you this, those who break down those doors and those walls will be living the life of their dreams, and not just when their 65 but today. Every great and new idea is rejected at first, don’t let your inner voice put you in the passenger seat of your own life. You are in control. You make all the decisions, decide where to turn and which route to take and where your destination will be. You are not living your boss’s life or your companies life. It’s YOUR life, your the star remember? And if you could see your ultimate destination on a map from where you are today, wouldn’t you take the shortest route, the direct path to your ultimate goal of more joy, more happiness, more love and more time? All those that take that shorter path have one thing in common, they started their trip with passion flowing through every fiber of their being, they couldn’t be stopped from making it to their destination by all the worlds armies combined, and the difference between them and you ? It’s allowing yourself to believe, and then knowing it as a fact, that there’s really NO difference at all, except of course for that one thing. That they found their passion and never stopped pursuing it. And that’s all up to you, because thinking it’s impractical or impossible will make parts of your life a chore instead of every moment of everyday being filled with passion, love and more time and joy. So know this, when you look out over that cliff, and you are afraid to take that first step because you think your going to fall, there have literally been millions who have been right there at the edge of that cliff, and when they took that first step in faith , not only did they not fall, because with their faith and passion in tow, they literally learned how to fly.

So go ahead, you know what your passionate about already, move in that direction and I promise you that you’ll soon learn how to fly too:)