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“Rich” should be…
I’ve decided what the definition of “rich” should be… having enough to not just sustain a living for yourself and your family but also having an abundance to be able to help and assist others, with money, knowledge, experience or advice, whether it’s people that have little to no ability to support themselves and need help without any expectation of paying it back or people that just need a little bit of help to get through a rough patch or people that need that extra assistance or knowledge to get them to the next level of “rich” so that they too can be in position to help others.
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Okay to be wrong
The psychology of having to be right is a tiring state of mind. A person that can never be wrong is upholding an impossible standard. Because in their eyes, being wrong is a failure, they’ll lose respect or credibility, being right is winning, or they need to uphold a perfect version of themselves. They will never admit they were wrong. They just become more stubborn and defensive, might go on the attack. Even when they’re wrong and shown to be wrong they’ll continue defending their position. Through relativism, subjectivism, emotional appeal, or maybe resort to reshaping their original argument, playing it off as if it was misunderstood, just to save face.
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Oneway Loop
The need to be understood, the need to be affirmed, the need to be validated, accepted. The need to be right. Is a need from the ego. To take credit and validation. Being seen for what you do.
Do for the sake of doing. Do for the sake of giving. Share without expectation. Be generous without anything in return. Give without reciprocity.
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Layers of an onion
So many decisions that create external consequences that we have to deal with. Continuous “bad” decisions are a distraction from addressing any internal issues. Maybe work on the straightening out the simpler more actionable outer stuff to help get a better look and work through the inner stuff.
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Change for the better
The phases of how a child sees the world. The world around changes for the child, through parents, teachers, environment. As the child grows older, the world stops changing for the sake of the child, things are not as easy as they used to be. The child either continues living with the expectation that the world should change to make things easier, they fight against the world, wanting everything “unfair” to change. Or comes to the realization that things aren’t what they used to be, and decides they themselves should work to change themselves if they want a better or different outcome. Through the change they see in themselves, they have the experience, wisdom and ability to help others make the similar growth and changes. Helping one person change for the better is changing the world.
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Uncomfortable State of Mind
Putting yourself in challenging, uncomfortable, stressful situations for opportunities for growth. Not overwhelming, impossible situations where you’re only trying to get through and survive. But situations where you experience some discomfort. The challenge creates stress, to force decision-making within constraints and limitations. You might not succeed, failure is not only an option but may be inevitable. How will you handle it? Are you able to free your mind, transcend the moment, invincible to the stress, fear, be in the moment, find presence, find the flow state to bring yourself to a higher state of consciousness.
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Express yourself
Everyone is an expression. Expressions are external manifestations of an internal culmination of thoughts, experiences, ideas, emotions, feeling, relationships, creativity that we can hopefully use to reach new heights of compassion, understanding and love. Let’s express more.