Life purpose

I want to ask why everybody is so afraid of copy cats and plagiarism. I want to know why we are all so afraid of being too much like somebody else and not enough like others. Why we are so afraid we can't do it because somebody else already is.

I came across the Universal Laws after watching The Secret and after awhile I began to think I couldn't do what I wanted because someone else already was doing what I wanted to do. I didn't want to look insincere or fake. I also didn't want to have to compete with other people's work. I even became depressed at never figuring out what it was I was going to do because I haven't ever been able to find my niche. I've been swimming around in this for a long time. I think I was even paralyzed for awhile not able to write, draw or create what I love.

I watched others struggle with this as well. A friend of mine has a great concept he's working on and it would be something very catchy for other people to want to copy and maybe some are, but he finally just had to resolve to not worrying about it or he'd never get to fulfill his dreams.

The thing is, I really know why we are all worried and afraid. Some even do steal and commit plagiarism or copycat because they are also afraid that what they have to offer the world isn't good enough coming from themselves. Or some are just too damn lazy to do the hard work.

My friend has a non-profit and he brought on a volunteer that thought he'd just come right in and take over. He displayed all the classic signs of fear and laziness. The poor guy is living a miserable life because he won't just realize himself and his potential. He'd go so much further if he'd put any sort of energy into himself instead.

As is the case with all of us, until we start cleaning house inside ourselves, life can begin to cloud our future, our destiny. Fears come in and stop us in our tracks telling us that everybody can do it better or that its hard or that we're never gonna make it.

I started on this journey packing weight, smoking, a pack rat, in debt up to my eyeballs, no dreams or aspirations(that I could remember), nothing. I had all the junk built up of an American lifestyle gone terribly wrong and all the life inside me was squelched out. I was a single mother trying to live like everyone else and it just wasn't working.

Even as I began to move away from what I didn't like, I had no idea what I was moving into. I had no idea I was just naturally moving towards the things I desired most! I had to leave my Christian church because it was making me miserable with all the rules and facades I never seemed to fit into. I ended up filing bankruptcy because I was so in debt there was no hope for recovery. I had to get rid of my cats which I still miss to this day. I had to get rid of my beloved 2000 Jeep Wrangler that I loved more than any other material possession. The Jeep made me feel like I was giving up my identity which was tough because I didn't have much at the time. I ended up driving a Dodge Shadow that got me around for awhile but the car was not what I would classify as "cute".

I also had to give up a lot of relationships as well. Unfortunately they all went sour and I haven't been able to recover from any of them yet, but I know now the bigger reason I really left was because I was letting them hold me back. I wasn't a big enough person to stay in those relationships and still live the life I wanted to live. I had to leave them in order to get to the future I had been longing for.

I literally let go of every aspect I had once lived in everyday. I gave up many belief systems and ways of living to shed off the years of lies I had allowed myself to build up around myself. All the lies I had been living shielded me from who I really am and took me further from my destiny everyday. It hasn't been an easy road, but now I am writing, playing, dreaming, imagining, drawing, and doing things I wouldn't have otherwise.

I realize now that I am so unique from everybody else, I don't have to worry about saying something said, just in a different way. I don't have to worry about producing a product that others have, because my products come from me. They come from my experiences in life and the energy I surround them with. My art will never be like any other, and my music will never be like another's. I am my own, I am unique and I am free. And so are you.

So if you're worried about what you have and you're worried about what to give. Don't worry. Just be yourself. Work on yourself and change the things you don't like, and put more energy into your strengths. Continue on your journey with your eyes and mind open. You and I, we were put here for a reason. And if we don't offer that out to the world then we are keeping things from those we are here to speak to and help through their journey.

Everybody on this earth is like a puzzle piece. And if you don't step up to your own plate so to speak, then the world is missing your piece of the puzzle. So not only do we all not want you to copy or worry about being copied, we need you to step up so we can all share and participate in this huge learning experience.

I wish they taught this idea more in life instead of shutting it down. I remember being taught these concepts back in early grade school, but not much after wards. And now we're taught to laugh and sneer at anybody that isn't trying to keep up with