Create, not criticize

Create, not criticize:

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Create, not criticize.

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It’s easy to criticize.

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To sit on the sideline.

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To bad mouth someone.

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To talk down their work.

That’s easy.

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It’s very hard to do the opposite.

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To create.

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To be in the ring.

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To be vulnerable enough to share your ideas with the world.

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Your creations.

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The things that make you you.

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The stories.

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The manifestations of your life.

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It’s hard to share that.

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Most people never do.

They’re too scared.

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Afraid.

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Shy.

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They care too much about the opinions of those around them.

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Too judged.

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Too in their head.

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They don’t realize.

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They don’t matter.

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None of us do.

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We’re here today.

Gone tomorrow.

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We get a short time on this planet.

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80 years.

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Maybe 100 if we’re lucky.

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Often times less.

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They think they’re important.

That their life matters.

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They’re so caught up in themselves.

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That they forget to look around.

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They forget to appreciate it.

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To appreciate life.

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To understand how lucky we are to be on this planet.

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We get one shot.

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One chance.

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One opportunity.

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To seize everything we’ve ever wanted.

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Will you catch it?

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Or just let it slip?

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Thanks Eminem.

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You were right.

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This life is a gift.

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It’s precious.

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Yet we take it for granted.

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We assume we’ll have time.

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That we’ll have a tomorrow.

But we won’t.

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One day, tomorrow won’t be there.

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It won’t exist.

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It’ll disappear.

All of this.

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Everything.

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Everything you’ve ever thought of.

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Everything you’ve ever done.

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Everything you’ve ever lived.

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All gone.

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Disappeared into the ether.

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And no one will care.

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Your family will.

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But eventually they’ll move on.

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They’ll pass away.

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Remember this from a book I read a few years back.

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You have 2 deaths.

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The first is when you die.

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The second is when every single person you knew you dies.

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Because then you’re gone.

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All the memories of you.

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All the experiences.

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So what are you going to do about it?

How are you going to spend your time?

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Don’t spend it criticizing.

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Don’t spend it consuming.

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Don’t spend it wasting your time.

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Do something with it.

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Create.

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That’s it.

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Start creating.

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Whatever it is.

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Get your ideas out of your head.

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Make them real.

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Don’t worry about others.

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Don’t worry about what they’ll say.

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Or what they’ll think.

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They’re too caught up in themselves.

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So worry about you.

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What world do you want to see?

What world do you want to create?

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What do you want to see exist?

Go make it real.

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Go make it happen.

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One day it’ll be forgotten.

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But that doesn’t matter.

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Because at least you created.

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At least you did.

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At least you made something that didn’t exist before.

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And that’s enough to say you made an impact on this world.

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You did something.

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You didn’t just waste your time.

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You created.

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You didn’t criticize.

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Create, not criticize.

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