Hello there, hoping life treats you kindly.
First of all, please check out our new Glossary Page for an updated summary of what this blog is all about.
And watch the first video I took of Wallie; our dog, on the first day I met him in the unexpected event that brought us together by destiny.
And here's the focus theme of the past 168 hours.
When I was at the end of writing this post, Self-Sabotage: What Our Choices Say About Us, I first wrote a sentence, but then deleted it. Then I typed the second one instead, guessing it might be more grammatically correct.
But somehow it didn't sound right to me. Not wrong, but not as impactful as how my heart communicated to me. Then I looked at them both again and felt slightly different vibrations between these two sentences.
The first sentence was;
"Happy finding the person you knew you would become." And the second,
"Happy finding the person you want to become."
Both sentences are meaningful, however, they convey slightly different sentiments:
"Happy finding the person you knew you would become."
This sentence emphasizes a sense of self-awareness and pre-existing knowledge about who you are meant to be. It suggests a kind of inner knowing or intuition about your true self.
"Happy finding the person you want to become."
This sentence focuses on the aspiration of becoming someone specific. It conveys a sense of actively working towards a desired future self.
Clearly, the first one emphasizes a sense of self-discovery and alignment with your true self, the pre-existing, intuition-driven energy, while the second one emphasizes the journey of growth and transformation, the aspiration of what's not yet to come.
So, what does your gut tell you?
This is why I'm drawn to writing. The nuances of words that weave together have this ability to reach deep within, and connect us to dimensions and emotions I sometimes didn't know existed.
At times, it brings me to a place of divinity, so profound my eyes welled with tears. Peak experience at my desk under the control of my heart and hands, what could beat that?
What grief could be worse than to meet the person you wish you could have become, or see the possibility of a better life you could have lived; but at the end of your final days?
There will be no time left for you, no energy, no hope– not another chance or not a thing you can do to change, except to see death approaching while you breathe your last few breaths before they vanish into the thin air. FOREVER.
You are the history of your hopes and fears. Rewrite what you can TODAY with hopes– not fears, before reaching the end of the road where you find not a single change is possible.
But it still is, right now.
2 quotes that resonate with the vibes of the week.
“If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.” – Abraham Maslow. Toward a Psychology of Being.
“Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson.
1 self-reminder to meditate on
Have you ever felt the longing for someone you could admire? Be that person.
Ps. By the way, what's the true cost of living a life of mediocrity again? Die, and leave this life without having met this person.
