It has been a really tough time for many of my close ones lately. I’m spending the majority of my time and energy, counselling friends that are seeing some really tough times. Many are struggling with varied life situations, I don’t know if it’s just a weird energy of the moment or just down to sheer chance. Eitherway, it’s been a really therapeutic process for all involved. I don’t really want to air out any personal battles that are not my own and my intention isn’t to write a few motivational words to get you through your day, I know that shit can feel a little condescending. But I’d like to pass on a message that has helped me understand both myself and those around me. Here is goes.
Take the time to learn, educate yourself through darkness and light, they are both one in the same. Know that each of these are important in the journey of self/universal discovery and one without the other perishes the understanding of both sides of the fence. Our pain is not honoured; it is shamed and therefore is hidden within the confines of our social masks and through this, we forget who we are and why all our experiences here share equal importance. We forget to simply exist, before trying to strive for something better and often that something leads us down a path of insecurity, band aid materialism or both. Be gentle and understand that mistakes and achievements have a united standing in the shaping of our character. Perfection only exists in opinion and with a free mind; you are free of internal and external judgements.
I’m not a picture of flawlessness and neither are you. In fact most of what I just wrote, I struggle with on a daily basis, but I know that my life is worth more than my constant afflictions or a couple of pats on the back. Walk the earth with open eyes, but don’t forget to close them sometimes.