Distractions, bosses, teachers, parents, friends, family… So many people telling us what to do, where to go, who to be with, how to live our lives. When did it become so hard to live your life on your own terms? Why must we be so swayed by what others think is best for our life?
As a child, we have parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and teachers (plus many more influences) who are like guides for us. We learn from them. We observe them. We listen to them (or we rebel). These people influence us in how we think, feel and react. We are dependent on them to teach us about the world.
When we become adults, we continue to have more influences, yet what we soaked in as children is very deeply rooted. It makes a difference in the choices we make and the experiences we choose to have. Though, we tend to start seeing things differently. As we are not so sheltered, we are free to make more freewill decisions, sometimes landing us into situations that our protectors were trying to help us avoid. Yet, human nature is to explore and learn by experiencing.
How do you feel, as you are reading this? Do you feel depleted in how you are currently living your life? Do you feel you need to understand more, see more or just be in different circumstances?
What we are not always taught, is that we can change. We can redirect our life and the direction its going in.
We are never stuck, unless we believe that we are.
The mind is a powerful thing. We think things into reality. You believe you are incapable, then you will be incapable. You believe you are capable and you will be.
Living in a world where everyone wants to push you this way or that, telling you who you should be, where you should be and how you should think, feel and live, causes a mess in the mind. Social media is telling you that you are not happy enough. Society is telling you that you’re not doing enough. Advertisements tell you that you don’t have enough. It is all false. You are capable of doing whatever you want to do. You don’t need more. You don’t need to do anything that doesn’t feel right to you.
We have so many distractions. So much is keeping us away from the peaceful minds that we deserve to have. We were born into this world, into nature, lost and in need of care. We needed nurturing, guidance and love. Life is simple.
We are complex and we create more of the extra clutter that is not necessary. We need peace. Time away from distractions. Our spirits need peace.
The mind is full of depth. Once we learn to let go of all the outward influences, we can understand the importance of letting go more, so we can, once again, find ourselves.
How long can we go on like this? Constantly on our phones, always available and in communication, with so many. There was a time when we could sit and not need so many distractions. It seems we have all become lost with all of it. Needing to know so much, and intake so much information.
Maybe we are really just cutting ourselves off from our true connection, with ourselves. When we disconnect and seek less distractions, we can open ourselves up to so much more of who we are, what is right for us. This also allows us to see who and what is right for our lives. We find that we have been lost in all the buzz and its been taking us away from the true direction we seek to go.
The lost can always be found. The truth can always be heard. The depths of your heart are always going to be crying out for you to listen. What you want is important. How you feel matters. You are enough. Now, time to find time for YOU.
– M.
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