Neil Gaiman Meditation No. 2

“Rules and responsibilities: these are the ties that bind us. We do what we do, because of who we are. If we did otherwise, we would not be ourselves. I will do what I have to do. And I will do what I must.”

― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman: Book of Dreams

Courage is choosing to change.

This quote also reminds me that we need to be ourselves. And today, as in the past, that is increasingly difficult.

There exists so much conformity in thought, in action, and in belief. The days are changing. No longer is traditional religion your most important trait but the new religion of politics usurps that place. And you are only prescribed a finite number of molds to fit. Try having a unique opinion or a code or a standard that doesn’t fit in those boxes and people will jam you in one just the same.

Don’t worry about their shortcuts to thinking. As the quote says, “We do what we do, because of who we are.” And you can no more change their thinking than they can change yours.

Get beyond labeling people? Get beyond boxing people? Get beyond labeling yourself?

You can label beliefs but you shouldn’t label people. Good, bad, blue, red, white, or black, the labels are short cuts. Get to know people? Get to know why they are? And maybe, in the process, you’ll learn a little more about yourself.

Life is all about choices. And you’re the one that gets to make them. Own your choices today? Be who you are despite anyone’s label?

#ThinkBetter #BeBetter #NoGodsNoMasters #MyBodyMyChoice #MakeYourselfGreatAgain