Be the Change no. 29

“Good ideas NEVER require force.”

Be the Change.

There are many good ideas out there, truly remarkable ideas that folks definitely need to consider, that get ruined by implementation by force. Force reveals fear. And folks are not super confident in following fearful folks. And leading folks by using their fears can only last for so long. You will be a total mess, physically, mentally, and spiritually, if you are in an elevated state of fear all the time.

Sure, it’s a great idea to wear a mask if you’re sick. Sure, it’s a great idea to talk to a medical professional about medical treatment. Sure, it’s a great idea to eat healthier. Sure, it’s a great idea to not consume so much sugar. Sure, it’s a great idea to take care of yourself. BUT the moment folks start getting told to do something, their inner adolescent takes over and we get defiance. “How dare you?” “Who do you think you are?” “You don’t know my life!”

And a lot of us are emotionally still at that level of response. Other folks are so beaten down and subjugated by the system that they just instinctively follow the new rules without question. They are quick to follow the new rule, quick to help enforce the new rule on others, quick to call for the villainization of the “them”, quick to change to the new mandate in solidarity with the system, quick to make jokes about the last ordeal placed upon them. Never questioning. Systemically conditioned.

And we have a lot of both of these folks fighting with one another every day. Trying to force their lifestyles and identities and beliefs on each other. They are in the Thunderdome and only one can leave. And that is just sad. Because they are all just using the same means to arrive at worthless ends. Ends corrupted by the force they use on each other and themselves.

I think it’s a great idea to examine your life. Take a look at what really is making you tick. Some metacognitive reflection on what your actions are truly saying about who you are. Are you living a life that folks should freely emulate? Are you living a life that you need to force others to emulate? The means are the ends. And examining how you want to live your life, a person exerting external control over everyone in the effort to make a world of your clones or a person exerting internal control over yourself in the effort to make yourself better for the world. The choice, the change, the control is yours. What are you choosing?

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Be the Change no. 28

"You're not going to get healthy concerning yourself about what other folks are doing. You only get healthy by concern for what you are doing."

Be the Change.

Sometimes you just need a change. I think a lot of days we get so bogged down and weighed down by the enormity of life in this society that we need to take a break. Folks need to take a moment, take a step back, and reflect on what they are doing. There are a lot of folks getting up every day and doing things that make them hate themselves, resent their families, and get angry at the world. And that is not a healthy place to be.

I never got to the point of hating my routine. I just got disgusted with the way I was living my life. I got tired of being angry and tired. I grew tired of worrying about things that truly did not matter. I found happiness and purpose in me. I stopped getting involved in the drama of society and started working on me. I kind of dropped out.

I still get the updates all the time. I haven’t become a hermit yet. BUT I find myself responding more and more each day in the face of the drama of the world that “I don’t care”. And that is not that I don’t empathize. It is not that I don’t understand the pain of the world’s drama. It just is not of my main importance. I don’t go to bed worrying about government, politics, taxes, inflation, war, famine, disease, or any of the other myriad of worries that get paraded out as distraction every day. I don’t wake up worrying about them either. I am more concerned about my garden and that plan. I am more concerned about household chores like laundry, which folks around here seem to start and never complete. I am more concerned about drinking more water. I am more concerned about being happy and abundant.

So, one of my coworkers and I were talking about how easy it was for folks that were so onboard with masks and were adamant about others wearing their masks correctly to just as quickly switch to not wearing masks and not caring about masks. And it just comes back to not worrying about other people. I could give her a number of reasons for why folks are hypocritical, led, and followers. I could excuse their actions or bring fault with our own. BUT, none of that really matters because I do not get to make the choices about how they choose to live. It doesn’t matter. I don’t care. I need to work on me and that is a full time job. I do not have time to look for external controls until I finish internal control. And when internal control occurs, I will never want to control anything external to me again.

So, find your peace with yourself because you are never going to find peace outside of you. You can only embrace that within yourself.

#ThinkBetter #BeBetter #NoGodsNoMasters #MyBodyMyChoice #MakeYourselfGreatAgain #BeTheChange