Fight for it

“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.”
~Mother Teresa

I shared this quote in my last entry as a challenge and an inspiration.  A challenge to live into, and an inspiration to move forward. This is an especially meaningful quote in my life right now because I feel like she is calling me out, in particular. 

Life is the the time when we get to experience the breadth of emotions available to us. And how often is it that we ignore some of them because we feel like we have to be strong, or we fight the sorrows we feel, or even fight our desires in order to be "safe" and "comfortable"? We use logic to talk ourselves out of the grand adventures before us, and we question our abilities to the point that amazing opportunities slip us by. 

And how often do we become passive in our lives and stop fighting for the life we deserve? I'm not saying the fight is easy, because there are times when the fight is the hardest thing you've ever done, but there is so much more that we're capable of. 

It leads me to this poem: 

Our Greatest Fear

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented and fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God.

Your playing small does not serve the world.

There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other

people won't feel insecure around you.

We were born to make manifest the glory of
God that is within us.

It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear,
Our presence automatically liberates others.

—Marianne Williamson

We've got to fight for it; fight for the freedom from ourselves and the limitations we build around ourselves. When we don't fight for it, we destroy it. 

Sometimes, it's the fight that makes it all worth it, no matter how much it takes out of us. 

If you're fighting for something today, I encourage you to keep fighting. Life is worth it. Whatever fighting means to you, we don't go passively through this life. Life is to be lived. Be on an adventure no matter where you are in your journey. 

My friends, I love you. And I love you enough to tell you to fight. Meet the challenges that arise. Sing your song and show your beauty. I promise that I will do the same with all my might.  It's all we can do. 

And on the way, let's go on some adventures! Let's be amazing together. Please? Life is both much too long and much too short to not have fun along the way.