So here we are, all of us going through our lives and every day we are faced with infinite choices, circumstances and experiences. Flowing through life and sometimes not even realising how time passes us by. It’s hard to be present, when there is so much going on around you and in your head. When you jump ahead to the various scenarios of the future and or reflect back on the memories of the past. The brain thinks fast and the heart feels too much.
Our experiences as humans is overwhelming at times, some of us have it really tough with circumstances that aren’t fair and or pleasant, others, make life harder for themselves because they don’t have a wider perspective and or the tools needed to navigate through the day to day challenges. There is no right or wrong in life, the moment we realise that and stop punishing ourselves with unrealistic expectations, the sooner we are able to embrace joy and love in a peaceful way. But the conditioning of our brains, the experiences of the past and the society that we have built has made this far harder for us. So, we feel anxious, we feel lost, we feel void and we feel a surge of negative emotions that don’t serve us well; not realising that all of this is because of a set of conditions that we have been exposed to and as a result how we then continue to flow through our lives.
Some of the ideas that I talk about may seem abstract, I get it. Heck I wouldn’t have believed them, understood them and or accepted them myself a few years back and maybe for others it will always stay abstract. That’s all dependent on the journeys we go through and the way we interpret these experiences. I’ve had to accept that my experiences have formed my views in a way that may not be understood by others and that I may equally not always understand the interpretations arrived at by others. But I now realise, it’s not about which interpretation is correct. It’s about giving space for all interpretations to exist.
It’s like that dress on Facebook a few years ago, some people were adamant that it was gold others were certain it was blue and neither were right or wrong; because they were interpreting the world based on the cues they were receiving. We all think we’re right, we all think we know and sometimes we can be so sure about everything around us. But the truth is, there is no right or wrong, there is no one way and not everything is black and white. Understanding this concept can be scary because it then brings under question everything we do in our lives. It means some questions may not have clear cut answers and it puts more weight on context than it does on tradition. That is a bold statement, that is a threatening statement and that may feel like a wrong statement to many.
I’m not here to tell you how to think, feel or experience your life journey. I’m merely sharing my experiences and they may seem right or wrong, they may seem relatable or not and either way it’s ok. Because my intent is not to influence you or to seek validation for myself. My intent is to share, because sharing helps me interpret and learn things better and it helps me evolve and if as part of that journey, even one soul is inspired, then I consider that a privilege.
Tomorrow, I may experience something that completely shatters these views. That helps me realise that maybe this isn’t the right approach; as uncomfortable as that sounds it’s also equally important to me that I understand that evolution requires a lot of trial and error. That if everything you know today still stands tomorrow, then perhaps you’re not actually learning. That some things may seem like truth at a moment in time, but that with experience and change they may evolve to be irrelevant.
Who knows! Let’s just talk to each other, challenge each other, help each other understand the infinite ways a situation ca be interpreted, felt and understood. Let’s be open to it all, let’s feel vulnerable together and try to be ok with being wrong. Let’s keep the dialogue going and let’s see what we can discover. I am both right and wrong, I’m equally sure and unsure about all these lessons. I’m starting to realise that contradiction doesn’t need to be negative it’s just part of being curious.
Let’s be curious with together.
Love Always,
Miss Dreamer
Souloom™ 