koolhead17
Do we give up soon?
Did we train ourselves to be like this?
Why do we switch so frequently for shiny things?
When we let our flame of creativity and persistence die, we get lost. We run around like a headless chicken asking for the big things. We experiment and look for gurus or mentors.
We end up seeking externality for our internal self. How much does it help? Does it make us more confused and lost?
Someone is a pessimist for a reason. It could be their fear or all the misses in previous attempts or people around them. Does it mean they have no chance to progress and get over it and rewire themselves?
Our mind is our treasure. It acts as we guide it. We can reshape it with hard work and lots of self-belief. We can change our mindset. Add a positive reason to it. We start seeing the world around us as loveable.
Many youngsters are taking the social media route to prove their worth. Some are sharing book summaries, while others have become philosophers.
Many others are trying to show how miserable their life is. They are working hard against all odds.
It reminds me of the Epictetus quote from Enchiridion. It is opposite to that is practiced these days.
Never call yourself a philosopher, nor talk a great deal among the unlearned about theorems, but act comformably to them. Thus, at an entertainment, don’t talk how persons ought to eat, but eat as you ought.
For sheep don’t throw up the grass to show the shepherds how much they have eaten; but, inwardly digesting their food, they outwardly produce wool and milk. Thus, therefore, do you likewise not show theorems to the unlearned, but the actions produced by them after they have been digested.
Epictetus, Enchiridion
Living a life for yourself is fulfilling. Living for social media to seek attention will add more depression to your life. Social media likes and comments will not cure our thirst or hunger; real work will.
Be different because you want it for yourself. It should not be for social proof. All the decisions you take will come back and haunt or work for you.
Being different is no recipe for success but scepticism, jealousy, and hatred. So be very aware of it and if the heart directs towards it, go break-free. After all, it is our life and, it is limited.
We are living in great uncertainty. Be it job, life, health, or relationship. Nothing is for granted. But does it mean we should stop living every minute of our life?
How much cribbing about the uncertainty or being miserable will help? It will suck happiness of others around us who are making the best of the available resource?
Our life is as we see it.
We need a few close aides around whom we can speak our mind. The world we are living in is plastic. Everyone is working hard to become someone else. Authenticity and credibility are the last of the virtues talked about.
Be very wise on who to listen to. Whose ideology if at all to follow. Once you are lost in the deep ocean of posturing, it will become to come back and taste the reality.
It is good to get lost in life, questioning everything. Most of the answers about us have to be found by ourselves. No one other than us can fix it from within.
I understand we get all the love, support and, encouragement for becoming a seeker or finding ourselves. In other instances, this will also create FOMO in others or educate them.
But in the end, it is our life. No Socrates, Gita, or Jiddu will help us. We are all on our own, In our castle of thoughts. We need to fix ourselves from within.
We are living in the era of hyper-productivity. The market for health apps monitoring our food, sleep, exercise trackers has grown multifold. All of a sudden, Homo-Sapiens is transformed into superman/women.
While this is good, what are its side effects? Is this constant monitoring turning us into productivity zombies? What and when to eat, sleep and exercise are defined in an app.
I liked the concept of singularity. But consumerizing everything is turning out to be stupidity and madness. It is like we are running our lives for the machine.
I am not sure what happened to the consciousness Socrates died talking.
Who are we trying to impress with our work? Our bosses or ourselves? There is this trend I am seeing where more and more folks are trying to impress their seniors or subordinates instead of building themselves.
It can work in the short run and take you to a level. But in the longer run, work speaks and builds credibility.
Aim for personal growth while growing the organisation, not ass liking or taking the initiative to keep seniors happy.
Our brain acts crazy at times. It can lead to making us sick or confident as a king. The more and more I surrender to it, I realize how our entire body is its slave. Our mind can guide, heal and corrupt us.
What becomes most important then is what affects it? The mix of our thought and external information has a role to play.
Be very wise with what you are consuming and your thought bubble.