Time: 9:21 AM
Music: Thievery Corporation Richest Man in Babylon
Drink: Water
So today is a new day, a new chance to make the right choices for the right reasons. An opportunity to reflect on all those things I always say I believe in, and then contrast those values with my actions and ask myself what I can do to improve the quality of life for myself and those around me. Sometimes its good to step back from this consumer based lifestyle, and ask what I can do to give back to that energy source, to replenish instead of always harvesting. We are taught to consume resources constantly, energy, food, emotions, attention, products, the list goes on and on, but how many times have we really had the lesson pounded into us that we need to replenish what we take? Im tired of being an emotional consumer, all day every day we consume emotions from our friends, family, and co-workers in order to do what? To better ourselves? Is this some respectable journey were on with a goal that has more meaning that to make our ego bigger or make us feel more valid or self assure? I dont want to do anything without completely understanding why I made that choice, and I feel that myself as well as a large majority of the general population never takes a minute to step outside of their busy schedule, love life, or personal drama to evaluate their own actions. Its time to upgrade or awareness.
The world we live in and the people we interact with arent here for our amusement, or for our own personal agendas. Just as I desire the recognition from outer sources, friends, family, anonymous internet acquaintances, I must wonder what the purpose of this desire is, and what it really accomplishes. More and more I have grown tired of taking, and it feels so much better to give. I dont ever want to be satisfied with the way I live my life. There is always room for improvement, and constant change, and as I mature even in the smallest increments of each passing day, I see my values mutate into new values or divide and create new ideologies. I like to ask people what theyve accomplished in their lives mainly because this is something I ask myself all the time. So take your answer, then subtract all the materialistic things from that list and tell me what you have left. Take away the money, the possessions, the status, and the list really starts to dwindle. And why is that? Is it because were greedy people with nothing but a need to satisfy our own hedonistic goals? While I think that plays a part in the real answer, I dont think thats the root of the problem. When I ask myself that question, I desire to remove the effort of even having to subtract the materials, and the belongings, because what are those really anyways? Lifeless, soulless, things void of spirit, emotion, or anything on the basic level of human interaction. If I am to make an impact in this life experience, I want that impact to be on those things that are important to me; happiness of my friends, family, and all those random people I come in contact with every day, selflessness and giving that which one can give no matter where they reside in the classes; reflection, guidance, spirit, healing, and an emotional connection, compassion for this world and all its creatures, the list goes on.
Today, I will do for those that never did for me, and expect nothing in return, value those things which have no modern value, and invest myself into experiences that shall propel me towards a life less asleep and more alive.
Thought for the day: Be nothing at all, and you will be everything.
Music: Thievery Corporation Richest Man in Babylon
Drink: Water
So today is a new day, a new chance to make the right choices for the right reasons. An opportunity to reflect on all those things I always say I believe in, and then contrast those values with my actions and ask myself what I can do to improve the quality of life for myself and those around me. Sometimes its good to step back from this consumer based lifestyle, and ask what I can do to give back to that energy source, to replenish instead of always harvesting. We are taught to consume resources constantly, energy, food, emotions, attention, products, the list goes on and on, but how many times have we really had the lesson pounded into us that we need to replenish what we take? Im tired of being an emotional consumer, all day every day we consume emotions from our friends, family, and co-workers in order to do what? To better ourselves? Is this some respectable journey were on with a goal that has more meaning that to make our ego bigger or make us feel more valid or self assure? I dont want to do anything without completely understanding why I made that choice, and I feel that myself as well as a large majority of the general population never takes a minute to step outside of their busy schedule, love life, or personal drama to evaluate their own actions. Its time to upgrade or awareness.
The world we live in and the people we interact with arent here for our amusement, or for our own personal agendas. Just as I desire the recognition from outer sources, friends, family, anonymous internet acquaintances, I must wonder what the purpose of this desire is, and what it really accomplishes. More and more I have grown tired of taking, and it feels so much better to give. I dont ever want to be satisfied with the way I live my life. There is always room for improvement, and constant change, and as I mature even in the smallest increments of each passing day, I see my values mutate into new values or divide and create new ideologies. I like to ask people what theyve accomplished in their lives mainly because this is something I ask myself all the time. So take your answer, then subtract all the materialistic things from that list and tell me what you have left. Take away the money, the possessions, the status, and the list really starts to dwindle. And why is that? Is it because were greedy people with nothing but a need to satisfy our own hedonistic goals? While I think that plays a part in the real answer, I dont think thats the root of the problem. When I ask myself that question, I desire to remove the effort of even having to subtract the materials, and the belongings, because what are those really anyways? Lifeless, soulless, things void of spirit, emotion, or anything on the basic level of human interaction. If I am to make an impact in this life experience, I want that impact to be on those things that are important to me; happiness of my friends, family, and all those random people I come in contact with every day, selflessness and giving that which one can give no matter where they reside in the classes; reflection, guidance, spirit, healing, and an emotional connection, compassion for this world and all its creatures, the list goes on.
Today, I will do for those that never did for me, and expect nothing in return, value those things which have no modern value, and invest myself into experiences that shall propel me towards a life less asleep and more alive.
Thought for the day: Be nothing at all, and you will be everything.
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