Man you don’t even know how much I needed to read this. I feel like you’re watching me somehow lol… recently, especially after turning 22 I’ve noticed how my life revolves around chasing materialistic things, followers, money, validation to a point where I made mistakes that filled me with shame and my mental health deteriorated/developed eating disorders to cope with anxiety and stress. Recently I deleted social media but I can’t lie, I still struggle with certain little gods. I’m learning slowly to let go of all this temporary pleasures, not to conform to the world and it’s ever changing standards and just to transform into my own individual and God’s child (I’m Christian)… also I’d love to share a quote from the Bible if you don’t mind ^^
Matthew 8:36 ~ what good is it for one to gain the whole world yet forfeit their soul?
Anyway thank you so much Giorgetta! I’m glad to see you grow in every way possible :)
Oh thank you so much for sharing that quote, how beautiful ❤️ I believe we all go through something similar, we aim to gain gain gain and we forget real love. We are blessed to simply realise it 🦋
Wow—I appreciate how you point out the non-superficial "improvements" we use to justify "staying in the box," as it were. It never occurred to me that these are also ways to escape our true, soul selves—things that orient us towards a perpetual progress narrative. It's rather insidious that they're branded as genuine, healing, virtuous, etc. How can we stop convincing ourselves that we're always one self-help book away from being permanently "fixed"?
Thank you, it's something I noticed I was doing, using meditation as a way to avoid the pain. To distract myself from the real issues. I've come to learn that each day is different, when I feel good one day I appreciate and see that, and I know that a bad day will come. I'm having one of those today (which is ironic because I wrote about being joyful here!) but I still have those low days. I just observe it and let it pass over. Okay, this is one of those days. All good! I'll never be permanently fixed and that's okay, because I am impermanent by nature.
Thank you for this lovely piece of writing and for sharing your journey on this, it's been exciting to see how you've taken us all along this exploration of a more purposeful life with you!
Man you don’t even know how much I needed to read this. I feel like you’re watching me somehow lol… recently, especially after turning 22 I’ve noticed how my life revolves around chasing materialistic things, followers, money, validation to a point where I made mistakes that filled me with shame and my mental health deteriorated/developed eating disorders to cope with anxiety and stress. Recently I deleted social media but I can’t lie, I still struggle with certain little gods. I’m learning slowly to let go of all this temporary pleasures, not to conform to the world and it’s ever changing standards and just to transform into my own individual and God’s child (I’m Christian)… also I’d love to share a quote from the Bible if you don’t mind ^^
Matthew 8:36 ~ what good is it for one to gain the whole world yet forfeit their soul?
Anyway thank you so much Giorgetta! I’m glad to see you grow in every way possible :)
Oh thank you so much for sharing that quote, how beautiful ❤️ I believe we all go through something similar, we aim to gain gain gain and we forget real love. We are blessed to simply realise it 🦋
Wow—I appreciate how you point out the non-superficial "improvements" we use to justify "staying in the box," as it were. It never occurred to me that these are also ways to escape our true, soul selves—things that orient us towards a perpetual progress narrative. It's rather insidious that they're branded as genuine, healing, virtuous, etc. How can we stop convincing ourselves that we're always one self-help book away from being permanently "fixed"?
Thank you, it's something I noticed I was doing, using meditation as a way to avoid the pain. To distract myself from the real issues. I've come to learn that each day is different, when I feel good one day I appreciate and see that, and I know that a bad day will come. I'm having one of those today (which is ironic because I wrote about being joyful here!) but I still have those low days. I just observe it and let it pass over. Okay, this is one of those days. All good! I'll never be permanently fixed and that's okay, because I am impermanent by nature.
Thank you for this lovely piece of writing and for sharing your journey on this, it's been exciting to see how you've taken us all along this exploration of a more purposeful life with you!
Thank you so much Alexis, I appreciate your kind words :)
I really needed to read this today
Oh I'm so happy to hear!