Humility is much easier to come by when things are taken away.
It’s much harder to be humble when everything works in our favor.
Humankind can only bear so much responsibility. The same goes for consciousness and awareness.
Perhaps that is the space for enlightenment or prajna.
All we can endure and then some.
They say never to be too high or too low.
But that’s not a space our emotions can operate in.
However, we can be better about our expectations on ourselves, others, and the world.
When we say “literally,” we are asking people to believe what we are saying. To interpret the worlds exactly as they sound.
That’s the difficulty part of communication.
Our brains struggle in the grey areas because of our emotions and our point of view. Words have multiple meanings and different contexts. Voice inflections and, of course, history influence what someone says.
We hang on words.
A series of choices can lead us down roads that we are not happy to be on.
Yet, one choice can also turn it all around.
It’s amazing at rock bottom, how one shred of hope feels.
Humans need it. It’s part of the story we tell.
Indeed, hope is the ultimate comforter.
When we think of addiction we think of alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, or pornography.
We don’t think of a second level of addiction: anxiety. This can be addictive too. We don’t talk about it the same way as substance abuse. Because the future is uncertain, we’re scared of it—that tension creeps into anxiousness.
Is silence.
Not because people didn’t hear what you have to say.
But sometimes, they don’t want to hurt your feelings.
Recently, I was at a random bbq. I only knew one person so it was a good opportunity to meet some new people.
I noticed every conversation went to the subject of money. What deals were being made. How much they were going to make or have made.
I’m not sure when we became the generation that was so quick to sell out. But looking around the landscape that is exactly what many are aiming for.
The goal isn’t to make money. The goal isn’t to sell out.
Its difficult to change peoples minds on something. Especially when they build their whole identity around an idea or ideology.
Our approach to win an argument is to use facts. Because if you can gather more facts than the person across the isle then how can you not but change your mind?
But now facts are not as scarce, they’re not as hidden, it’s cheap to find now. It’s easier to find the answer to a question now more than ever.
So it further cements us deeper into our our belief system because of the scrutiny it is under. Many are just tired.
However, when we take the time to learn everything about a subject, oddly, humans have this tendency to let go. That’s how dogma breaks. Not by yelling. But by learning. It can’t be forced.
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