@Be_like_legend Your brain is your body though...
"- 42 tabs
- 5 future lives
- 3 imaginary conversations
- no off switch"
Your body IS hyperactive! Just not 'externally'
I somewhat welcome the dullness of life. To be able to to sit comfortably in the 'nothingness' is a blessing.
Now give me a mountain to climb or a nice day/night for a walk... Blessed.
I remember a time where I was holding a baby born from a mother who was struggling with drug addiction; A baby going through withdrawals. I felt blessed that I could be even a small comfort in such a solemn and tragic circumstance.
Everything hallelujah!
You must master the GRACE of SILENCE. Be silent in the heat of anger. Be silent when you don't have all the facts. Be silent when you haven't verified the story. Be silent if your words will offend a weaker person. Be silent when it is time to listen. Be silent when you are tempted to make light of holy things. Be silent when you are tempted to joke about sin. Be silent if you would be ashamed of your word later. Be silent if your words would convey the wrong impression. Be silent if the issue is none of your business. Be silent when you are tempted to tell an outright lie. Be silent if your words will damage someone else's reputation. Be silent if your words will damage a friendship. Be silent when you are feeling critical. Be silent if you can't say it without screaming. Be silent if your words will be a poor reflection of your friends and family. Be silent if you may have to eat your words later. Be silent - if you have already said it more than one time. Be silent when you are tempted to flatter a wicked person. Be silent when you are supposed to be working instead!!
WHOEVER GUARDS HIS MOUTH AND TONGUE KEEPS HIS SOUL FROM TROUBLES.
Life is in the doing not just the knowing. The accumulation of information just for it to live in your mind is neglect.
The completeness of wisdom is paramount.
The father of seven has not finished a thought in four years. he is just moving. feeding. driving. wiping. his brain is soup and his back is finished and he has no opinions about civilization he is too tired for opinions. and meanwhile civilization is growing out of him like he is dirt and he doesnt even notice because there is milk on the floor again. the childfree man has read eleven books this year about the decline of the west and he is the decline and the books are the evidence and he will understand this at fifty eight in a room that is very clean and very quiet
I can't respect somebody who can take everything I offer. My time, my loyalty, my support, my effort, my peace, and still not value me fr. That's why I started moving different. I'm not perfect, but I know I deserve more than being drained and taken for granted. If love come with stress and constant disrespect, I'd rather be alone. I'm not putting up with anything just to keep somebody in my life.
It doesn't have to be just about divorce and placing autonomy into a husband's hands. What if something happens to him? A woman shouldn't simply rest on her laurels hoping things will be just fine regardless. She should have things in place where she would be able to step up if need be. A person cannot always cheat death or misfortune. A husband should want to foster his wife's abilities to act from her own autonomy for the good of the family. There are nuances.
If I were to become a stay at home wife/mum I have about 2/3 avenues where I can at the very least secure the survival of myself and my children in the interim. It's a spectrum.
someone who has actually done the inner work can sit in tension with another person disagreement, someone elseβs disappointment, being misunderstood for a minute without it registering as a threat
Someone using self-love as armor canβt tolerate that tension at all the moment a relationship requires anything other than agreement, it gets framed as not serving my peace and exited
I used to think that holding your tongue was a sign of maturity, but l realized that a true sign of growth and maturity is being able to vocalize your feelings in an appropriate manner even if you are angry. Holding your tongue just fosters unexpressed feelings that lead to trauma being stored in the body.
Impulsivity
What a beautiful night, I'm going for a walk. To where? I don't know! Headphones on, head on a swivel. Sit somewhere for a moment. Look at the moon. Come back home, close the curtains.
Sounds like a plan!
π Yeah, some corrections need to be made but I find children and their ways interesting and hilarious. They can be so blunt and honest in their utterances. I can respect that. Let them express themselves and teach them how to be mindful of it. I think it's the best way to gauge their natural tendencies and talents.
"Mummy, you shouldn't be stinking like that" is hilarious. I remember how I'd do something dumb and my mum would just look at me with amusement. But man did she also have a stare! Stopped me in my tracks π I realise I have my own stare now... At least it's in development. There's levels to it.
Being/feeling offended is evidence of your morals and values. It is information that can help you establish boundaries.
A violation of these things triggers an internal response, that requires toughness in order to make sound decisions and protect your interests.
That's why someone attacking or ridiculing your feeling of offense can be sinister because otherwise you'd have to abandon yourself to serve them.
Jim Rohn said: "If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much."
Repression
Processing your experiences can be delayed due to having to survive acute and ongoing life circumstances.
Don't be ashamed or discouraged in doing it anyway. Don't continuously suppress the processing. This can end up being an unhealthy coping mechanism. It's not too late just deferred.
Grief and gratitude can exist within the same space. They are not necessarily mutually exclusive states.
Invalidating a person who expresses grief in order to focus solely on the need to be in the present is dismissive.
It's all part of the human experience.