We’re all part of a rich tapestry that shows many images, many scenes. No stitch or thread is more important than the other, we’re all in it, together.
Even when we’re born into certain circumstances, there comes a point where we get to choose what we want to think and if we take action, we get to choose who we want to be as a person. It takes courage to look at all those things, and make choices that are best for us, best for our souls.
Dr. Stein wrote an interesting essay “About the Purpose of Life” where he talks about people trying to find meaning in their lives, while simultaneously ignoring many of their own personal truths.
The historian suggests reality is not about the drama or the character we play in it. We fail to understand life when we close our eyes to much of the anguish embedded in our world, and produce the very pain we wish to bypass.
Thus, ignorance is the cause of many predicaments, according to Harari.
Ignorance of reality.
We brush aside cautionary information we should ponder. Think of the times we cannot bear to face the events and choices generating discomfort.
Paradoxically, by wearing a blindfold while pursuing our goals, we increase our chances of hurting ourselves, our acquaintances, our family, and those who are different from us.
Looking is inconvenient. We decide to cross out the difficult parts in the play’s manuscript. Alcohol and drugs are available to serve as masks. TV is one of the endless distractions.
By avoiding what the mirror shows and turning away from careful, honest consideration of how we cause injury, we do not recognize or acknowledge our contribution to pain. This leaves us unable to remedy either our own misfortune or that of others.
As Harari notes, “We can’t fix something we are busy ignoring.”
Dr. Stein “About the Purpose of Life“
YOU get to choose too. You get to start creating a new path for yourself.
When we’re ready to start looking, to start seeing, we’re required to look inwardly. It can be quite scary for initially we see monsters and dragons, but when we keep looking, those beasts are simply our fears and hurts that we haven’t dealt with, yet.
Yet.
Often we find our purpose, our mission when we’re doing the inner work, when we’re going through the process of becoming, for in those transformational times we become open to listening and to seeing what path we need to be walking on.
Is it now time? If it is, take it slowly!
Don’t rush in and try to do it all at once. The beasts will snap and roar.
Take it slowly. One gentle step at a time.
You’ve got this, you can do it. You are worthy of being able to walk this path.
Slowly. One baby step at a time.
- Allowing 2 truths to coexist isn’t nuts!
- As you think so shall you be!
- Baby steps start the whole change happening!
- Brain Rewiring
- Do not become small for people who refuse to grow!
- Don’t be afraid to start all over again. You may like your new story better.
- How do you know if you’re in the right place?
- It’s okay to change your mind, even after making a declaration in front of family or peers!
- It is safe to ask for help!
- Just because you’re struggling does not mean you’re failing
- Never think you don’t have an impact!
- Nobody talks about this part… these are called growing pains.
- Our inner head space… doing the inner shadow work
- Overcoming having been othered, and why you may not be as “different” or as rejected as you might believe!
- Reach out and talk about it! Don’t suffer in silence!
- Rearrange the letters in Depression, you’ll get “I pressed on”
- Respect your body when it’s asking you for a break. Respect your mind when it’s seeking rest.
- Small acts of self care for when you’re overloaded and don’t seem to care
- The heaviest burdens that we carry are the thoughts in our head.
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So well said. It’s a difficult journey and it does hurt to look at the darker sides of yourself but it’s truly the only way to fully heal.
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So true. Many people have found their purpose or life mission when they went through those dark nights of the soul. Sometimes that’s the path we need to walk, no getting around it.
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Totally agree and it was like that for me too.
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I find it interesting how that works. It’s a way to turn the poison into medicine.
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Yeah, sometimes those negative things can be like fuel for us to change our lives.
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I’ve seen that happen with many people. It’s encouraging to know that flowers can grow out of manure!
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Beasts being just our undealt fears, honestly that’s the scariest part isn’t it, that first look inward. You think you’re going to find something terrible and monstrous and then slowly you realize oh, it’s just me, just the stuff I’ve been dragging around and never looked at properly. Good stuff as always Tamara, thanks for the nudge. 🙏
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Thanks Ritish! Yes, that’s exactly how I felt when I fearfully started to look inwardly. I think many of us do, especially if we’ve gone through difficult times that we ended up internalizing. Those beasts are quite manageable, it’s opening our eyes to them and expecting them to devour us.
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The buildup is way scarier than what’s actually there. And then you look and go oh… this is just old hurt wearing a scary costume 😄 Maybe that’s the real first step, honestly just expecting them to be manageable instead of monstrous. Changes the whole approach. Thanks for this Tamara 🙏
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“The buildup is way scarier than what’s actually there. And then you look and go oh… this is just old hurt wearing a scary costume.” You nailed it. 100%! Yes, being able to go from fear-FULL to fierce, is quite empowering!
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Great memes, Tamara! Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks Rosaliene! Happy weekend!
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Same to you, Tamara. Weekends go by so quickly.
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Sigh, yes they do! 🤨
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What an encouraging post, Tamara. I love your wise perspective, “but when we keep looking, those beasts are simply our fears and hurts that we haven’t dealt with, yet.”
Yet, indeed. Thanks for the encouragement to do the work one step at a time!
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Thanks Wynne! We tend to get overwhelmed when we look at the big picture, but it’s best managed I’m much smaller pieces.
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This is all wonderful, but I especially love the “Something I notice about genuinely happy people”… peace is choice. Indeed!
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Erin, I’m glad you saw that one and that it resonated with you! A very important lesson.
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I love the Japanese Legend thank you Tamara.
As I read I’m thinking yes, yes and yes followed by memories and thoughts of all those struggling every day just to get through – mainly by utilising practical nous – little or no time for inner work! The privilege of having the time (and energy!) to participate. We are the lucky ones!
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Indeed, Margiran, so true! I’m happy you found a tidbit that resonated with you.
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Thank you for your shout out, Tamara. Your title is timely, given that the decision to go to war, the reasons, the goals, and the purpose, are all being pondered. When a person or a nation doesn’t know where it is going, we have a problem getting to a good place.
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My pleasure, Dr. Stein. So true, you make a good point.
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This journey is a beautiful teacher in finding that love and happiness we ever search for Tamara. It takes a long time, but that time allows great wisdom in its empathy, compassion and love it creates in those many experiences. All that I ask ‘have you found that peace’ and they have said yes…and then being asked…would they change anything? They all said no. There may be many stumbles, but among it a beauty unseen, a wisdom not fully formed until we are ready…so we can see. Great post kind lady, words of wisdom on that very path for us all 🤗❤️🙏
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Thanks so much Mark for sharing your experiences with this journey. It feels gut wrenching and so very difficult when we go through it, but as you pointed out, once e come out the other side, we see the necessity of each step. Getting to that other place is worth the journey, and each of us is so very worthy of taking that walk.
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Indeed we are Tamara, and well said kind lady 🤗❤️🙏
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