How?

How does one fulfill their dreams? How does one find happiness? And for that matter how does one even find the strength to stay alive in this crazy world?

All of these questions I asked as a boy and young man and for that matter throughout my life.

The best answers I have found long term are: "Follow your dreams. Follow your passion. Do what you love. Do what you believe in."

Suffering, mental, physical and spiritual just seem to be a part of everyone's life. But you don't have to let all that get you down. It's mostly a matter of attitude. If you are unfortunate enough to be surrounded by people who are self destructive while you are growing up this can be a problem. However, it IS a potentially surmountable problem if you can at least psychologically separate from them enough to get moving into positivity on your own. At this point during your teens and twenties you can cultivate people who will reinforce your positivity into a good direction. A big part of living your dreams comes from who you surround yourself with. Though loyalty is a really great quality one must balance loyalty with survivability. In other words if your loyalty to self destructive friends is killing you are they worth dying for?

If you can't ask yourself that question then it is likely you won't survive until 30. That is a given. You might say to me I don't want to live past 30. And I fully understand this answer. It was my answer too. However, when I got to be 29 and still didn't trust anyone over 30 I began to see the silliness of thinking like this. And yes, one has to be a little crazy and a little self destructive to want to live past 30. But think of it this way. Our parents and mentors sacrifice their lives for us and almost all of them are over 30. Why do they do that? Because they can see that we are the future. Can any of us be so shallow that we can't see that too, eventually? For our human race to live on some of us must give ourselves to the cause of keeping our race of humans alive. And it doesn't matter whether you are ministers, doctors, lawyers, businesspeople or whatever. What is needed is a way to keep hope alive and to keep moving forward.

How? Follow your dreams. Do what you love. Follow your passion. This is the way it all begins. Anyone who says anything else is only limiting your future in the end.