Tag Archives: self-realization

Choose to Fly

“Why prefer to crawl?” from Rumi’s quote below reminds me of the crabs in a bucket
mentality. In short, this behavior is observed in crabs when they are trapped together in a bucket. They will pull any one who tries to climb out of the bucket back down into it, ensuring that no one succeeds.

Observing people’s behavior lately on social media, I would say there is quite a lot of crab mentality being displayed. It’s very sad to see; we really should be pulling together. Humanity has many problems to work through right now, and it seems we are intent on attacking each other more than cooperating to succeed.

When are we all going to decide to soar and thrive, together? We are so much better than this.

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Poetic Justice

This quote by the renowned writer, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran speaks to me deeply. I love trees. It seems to me that we strip the Earth so carelessly, without reverence for other life on the planet, as though it is ours just for the taking. We then turn around and feel this vast emptiness; life a times feels like it lacks meaning. It has no meaning when we do not feel reverence for it, the gift that all life is.

When humanity as a collective begins to truly cherish and respect all life on Earth, things will begin to change.

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Different Drummer

Looking at the state of the world today, I do believe we are in desperate need of more nonconformists, people who refuse to see or do it the same old way. As Albert Einstein said, “We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them”.

So dance your dance to the drum you hear, and let people call you “weird” if they may. How else is the world ever going to change? We must not let the judgement of others hold our souls hostage.

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Dare to Be You

Have you given yourself full permission yet? That is, to be unashamedly, unabashedly, unapologetically you? If you have not, don’t worry. The judgement of others is something that holds us all back. Sometimes it is a lifetime journey to get to that point where we say, “To heck with what others think. I MUST be me.”

That is a place worth aiming for. It sets your soul free.

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Change the World

Life actually gets easier when we realize that it is not something that “happens to us”. The world and our experiences are a reflection and response to our internal landscape.

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