Within each of us, there is always two people who are constantly struggling for control and power. There is the positive us and the negative us. One side is the perfect image of everything we can possibly be, do, and have. The other side is a perfect image of us at our worst and lowest in life. You must be willing to fight the lowest in order to become the highest, ignore the negative you in order to become the positive you.



Every day we are faced with choices, often times small ones, that move us closer to one or the other. Every single day we lay down being more of one or the other, and this is a battle that lasts a lifetime. You must be strong enough, willing enough, capable enough to choose the positive you over the negative you in every moment of your life.

When you get home and are faced with working on that thing that will move you closer to the life you want to live, you are faced with the choice. When you are faced with a situation where you should take accountability for your actions when you made a mistake, even at the cost of a lost job or relationship, you are faced with that person. When you decide to skimp on you diet or not, you are faced with the negative you, and the positive you.

The more you choose to do the right thing, to do those things that move you toward what you want to be, do, and have, the more you choose the positive you. The more you cut corners or decide to be lazy or dishonest, the more you move toward the negative you. Eventually it becomes easier to make decisions that support the one you have given the most attention to, and that side of you begins to prevail.

The negative side of you is the person who will lie, cheat, steal, and manipulate to have, do, or be anything you want. This is the side of you that lives a miserable existence and can't stand to look in the mirror each day. The side of you that is a waste of skin and oxygen, and takes much more than it gives.

The positive side of you however is much, much different. This side of you is more concerned with others and what you have to offer others in order to help them live happier, better, easier, more fulfilling lives. The positive you is clean cut, strong, powerful, happy, and constantly looking for how you can give more than you take from the world. The side of you that leaves a mark that is remembered for generations in a big and positive way.

So learn to choose, every second, of every day, which one you want to be. Be ever vigilent for the negative you when it peeks it's head out and wants to take control. Squash it as you would a bug, and have no remorse for the negative side of you. It will fight hard for a while, but the negative side of you will lead you to no reward. Only misery and suffering, and you must be willing to tell it no, and fight against it.