EP155: Today, We Remember. Today, We Shoulder the Burden and Act!

October 16, 2022. Just another day for some, but for me, it signifies what would have been my brothers 39th birthday. As I look back on the almost ten years without him here, I often times think about could have been different. Is there anything that I could have done that could have gotten him on the right path?

Psychologist Carl Rogers once said that, "it was impossible to convince someone to change for the better. The desire to improve was the precondition for progress." In sum, it means that the individual will never improve unless they want to improve themselves.

This does not mean that it is all on them. You can be someone that helps convince them that their life is important and that it is worth living. You can shoulder that burden and decide to be someone that will be there for them. Not by enabling, but by living your life in a way that is inspiring. You lead by example. You show them that life is worth living and you would love for them to take part in it.

The easy thing to do is nothing. The hard thing to do is to act. Stop putting off until tomorrow things that can be said or done today because tomorrow is not promised.