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<center>*I'm not on rails, inflexible, fixed or fixated...I *am focused though*, and with some minor tweaks here and there my journey heads, more or less, in the direction I wish it to go.*</center>

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Now and then I put some thought into life: Where I've been physically and emotionally, where I am and where I might be headed. I'm one of those people who is always thinking about one thing or another so it's unsurprising I spend time contemplating my life and *position*. 

I can't complain about my overall life although some of the events I could have gone without experiencing I suppose but, in truth, it's those experiences, and the good ones, that have helped bring me to this very moment in life with the attitudes, attributes and understanding that I posses. Without having gone through those things, and learned, changed, developed and found growth from them, I probably wouldn't have taken the actions I did in the past, and that would have changed my course. 

We don't run on rails, us humans. Rather, we travel in a general direction influenced by events, actions, other people, understanding and the attitudes they bring. We drift off course, all of us do, however as long as we get back on course and aimed in the general direction we wish to go then we're doing ok I think. 

I'm sometimes incredibly hard on myself; it's worked well to ensure peak performance although it's sometimes been of detriment as well. I drive myself relentlessly at times, physically and emotionally and it has led to me being dissatisfied with, and quite critical of, myself which isn't altogether productive. I learned to shift my paradigm though, to be less critical and more analytical; it didn't mean I lowered my standards or expectations though. It meant that I sought and valued continual improvement over ultimate success knowing *ultimate success would come through continual improvement.* 

*I am who and what I am, no more or less, just as you are. I'm not on rails, inflexible or fixed or fixated...I *am focused though*, and with some minor tweaks here and there my journey heads, more or less, in the direction I wish it to go.*

Have you had thought about your own past, present and future and how it has caused you to shift your thinking, desired outcomes or actions? Feel free to tell me about it below in the comments. 

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Design and create your ideal life, don't live it by default - *Tomorrow isn't promised so be humble and kind*

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