And the point is?

"I would rather die standing up than live on my knees"

I guess the reason I am telling this little detail is NOT to elicit sympathy - though all donations to the 'buy another jag for the fat guy' fund will be gratefully accepted :-) - it is to make the point that I believe that being 'Spartacus' is the ONLY way to live a self actualised life.

You have to stand up when the chips are down.

Not step off. Like the people I was working with.

Sometimes you have to take the bullet because the others around you just don't have 'the stones' to do it.

They say that a hero dies only once but a coward dies a thousand deaths.

In their minds, they run scared all their lives.

Poor, poor things.

Never taking responsibility for their actions.

Or their feelings.

or their attitudes.

Forever blaming those around them for their decisions or outcomes or attitudes.

For 'making' them feel bad or sad or whatever.

Coward talk all of it.

I still am 'Spartacus' in my life and very proud of it.

Always will be.

And I will always encourage others I meet to be 'Spartacus' in their lives too.

The amount of people who are waiting for SOMEONE ELSE to liberate them.

To be 'Daddy'.
To take the pain away.
To make them a fortune.
To make them happy/slimmer/taller/smarter etc etc.
They never realise that the key to their power is in their own hands.
Always has been too.

They say that "real power cannot be given, it has to be taken".

A beloved friend showed me the meaning of that phrase. I will always remember them for that.

There has to be a moment when you stop waiting for your 'boat to come in' and you jump in and swim out to meet it.

You have to give up the LUXURY of being weak.

Originally posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at 03:56PM