Oftentimes, it’s the overused “timeless” phrases that actually hold the answers you’re looking for.
Unfortunately we’re so familiar with them, that we don’t really consider it– at least not on any meaningful level.
Know Thyself.
We’ve all heard the expression– and when you tell someone this, they immediately nod back and flash a peace sign, “wurd.”
The vast majority seem to think they’re born knowing themselves. They never question why they do what they do, or why they believe the things they do, but somehow– they’re experts in the field of their wiring??
I think people live shit lives because they DON’T know themselves, and they’re too willfully ignorant to uncover more.
Knowing yourself is a developed skill, not a born trait. It takes time, it’s hard, and it should be uncomfortable.
….in truth, you probably suck. Sure, there are things that are awesome too, but all of us suck to some degree.
Everyone wants to be special in their own story.
I guess growth is when you lose that need to maintain your own delusion. Today, I see myself as far less “chosen” and far more just here figuring it out and that doesn’t hurt me.
I’m free of myself, because I know myself. I spent my entire life not knowing– so I chased random ideas, businesses, paths, none of which fit me or my character.
But thanks to my relentless pursuit for truth, I found myself in the end. That led to a life that suited me, and as I continue to strengthen my relationship with who I am, my life continues to improve in every way.
If you want to keep losing at the game of life, then continue taking yourself seriously. Before you can ever succeed, you need the right attitude… which most people can’t even get to this step.
Being afraid to introspect, not being able to laugh at yourself, that’s a super shitty life. When you can accept everything about you– the good and the bad, then you can start to fully live.
Until then, you insecurely chafe against the world and put yourself in depressive experiences because you think it all means more than it does.
Sit for a second, imagine you’ll lose everyone you love… what if you got that call today? Was acting all serious and stuck up worth it?
Did it matter in the end?
We’re all dying and nothing clears the mind like death.
If you want to succeed, which I define as living life in a fulfilling way unique to you, you need to get real…. get real and let go.
#FoolAround
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