Rise and shine.

6am and your hand can't make it to the alarm clock before the voices in your head start telling you that its too early, too dark and too cold to get out of bed. Aching muscles lie still in rebellion pretending not to hear your brain commanding them to move. A legion of voices are shouting their unanimous permission for you to hit that snooze button and go back to dreamland. But you didn't ask for their opinion. The voice you have chosen to listen to is one of defiance. The voice that says there was a reason you set that alarm in the first place. So sit up, put your feet on the floor and don’t look back because we've got work to do.

Welcome to the grind.

For what is each day but a series of conflicts between the right way and the easy way. 10000 streams fan out like a river delta before you, each one promising the path of least resistance. Thing is, you're heading upstream, and when you make that choice, when you decide to turn your back on what's comfortable and safe and what someone called common sense, well that’s day one. From there it only gets tougher, so just make sure this is something you want because the easy way out will always be there, ready to wash you away, all you have to do is pick up your feet.

But you aren't going to, are you? With each step comes the decision to take another.

You are on a fight against an opponent you cant see. You feel him breathing down your neck. You know what that is? That’s you. Your fears, your doubts and insecurities, all ganged up like a firing squad ready to shoot you out of the sky. Remember, this is the grind, a battle royal between you and your mind your body and the devil on your shoulders telling you this is just a game, this is just a waste of time, your opponents are stronger than you. Drown out the voice of uncertainty with the sound of your own heartbeat, burn away yourself doubt with the fire deep beneath you.

Luck is the last dying wish of those who wanna believe that winning can happen by accident. Sweat on the other hand is for the ones who know it’s a choice. So decide now, because destiny waits for no man.

So rise and shine Asgardians.

The idea of a heaven has fascinated the greatest minds for as long as humans existed. A perfect world with no conflict, technologically advanced and with humanity striving towards peace and unification. The closest thing we have ever had to dream was Atlantis, but now we have this. The concept of Asgardia was not something I thought I would envision in my lifetime. And not something many others around me  could comprehend. But it is a glorious idea and a modern day atlantis, not unlike the city of Asgard created in Thor. With regards to the franchise, it is worth noting Oden's last few words to his son, 'Asgard is not a place, it is a people.' I think we should think of Asgardia in the same way. Whilst we are bound on earth we are the people whom represent the desire for peace and to be free from prosecution. And even if for a minute, we were able to live on a futuristic space station we could only dream about, it is worth remembering we are the notion of Asgardia and we are the peace and unity. It is not the place around us or the place we remove ourselves from. Simply, it is the mindset we choose to follow.

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Earthlings unite! Let us build a better future for all and take to the stars. I believe that our species has advanced to the point that we have a choice as to how we will evolve, it's not by chance and circumstance.  We must separate ourselves from the evilness, corruption, and greed that our planet is plagued by.  With collaboration of knowledge and skill, and an idealogy built on fairness and love we can ensure that future generations have the opportunity for a peaceful existence.