When life settles down and you don’t have all of the hoopla and mayhem that accompanies it as often as time seems to fly by, you’re left with time to perceive, ponder and learn. I’ve been living a bit settled the past few months and now that I’m reunited with my friends and family in Ohio, I’ve had the time to sort my thoughts on what I’ve seen. One of the main realizations is that a large amount of people on this earth are living their lives for the wrong reasons, without the natural passions that drive us as human beings. They are living ‘safe’ lives. Lives that are without adventure or danger, the two things that are inherent in our nature. Accompanied by this safe nature is that most people find themselves too scared to truly live their own lives – instead they are letting time pass them by.
They work and strive toward financial security, in hopes of dying comfortable. But there’s a trade off with that security. They are trading away the most important aspects of being human, where they’re losing sight of what life’s really about. When you’re old, grey and dying, the last thing you give a shit about is how much money you acquired throughout your life. Life is about the QUALITY of life, not all of the worldly treasures, toys and trinkets that we are able to collect during our time here. As I’ve said before, we’re not meant to be stuck in cubicles, letting life pass us by, day by day, while we’re fighting to escape from debt – where the clutches of greed have gripped our souls. We’re here to be happy and to have experiences and to make memories with the people who mean the most to us. We’re not here to be greedy and think what’s mine is mine and ignore those precious souls that have blessed our lives.
A friend, client and one-time guest poster on EyeAndPen.com, Melanie Cobb said it quite nicely – “Phrases like "my" house and "my" food and "my" car just won't serve us for much longer as humans. It is not natural for humanity to be closed up in separate boxes like houses and offices, pretending we must do this life thing alone.” Life is meant to be shared and experienced and full of adventure, and new things and new people, not blindly lived without feeling and growth. I see so many of my friends and people focused on their toys and their cell phones and their bank accounts and their drugs. I have friends that I watch throw away those hard-to-find relationships where love and trust are paramount (and strongly evident), due to one of them ignoring what they have because they want that new skinnier or more interesting fling. I watch my family members ignore the needier people in our family (without remorse), because they’re too concerned with their own judgements and money, and beaucoup houses and cars and boats and so on. I watched a family member be ignored by the lot, when only one month earlier they attempted suicide. There is little love and compassion anymore and it makes me sick to my stomach.
I’ve also had realizations about myself – I have a form of depression that when I see all of this sickening mayhem, I tend to shut down and realize that the world is in ruin. Only a week ago I seriously questioned to myself, “what’s the point of me spending hours upon hours, every day on this blog and on my projects?” And I had a couple of days where I was in a bit of a dark place, analyzing everyone I knew and every person I had ever met – I realized that I’ve lost hope in humanity. But after a bit of retrospective soul-searching, I discerned that I am one of the few voices that see through the smog and am able to see the truth and am willing to voice it – it may be my responsibility to keep moving forward, voicing what I see and feel, to wake others from their lull. I promise here and now that I will continue to strive forward, trying my damnedest to keep my life on track, with the natural way of life that is within all humans, at the core of my soul – and I will remain focused on why we’re really here on this earth and what’s really important – and I hope you will too!
Life is meant to be challenging... “If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try,” by Seth Godin.
(Photo by Trey Ratcliff)
A friend, client and one-time guest poster on EyeAndPen.com, Melanie Cobb said it quite nicely – “Phrases like "my" house and "my" food and "my" car just won't serve us for much longer as humans. It is not natural for humanity to be closed up in separate boxes like houses and offices, pretending we must do this life thing alone.” Life is meant to be shared and experienced and full of adventure, and new things and new people, not blindly lived without feeling and growth. I see so many of my friends and people focused on their toys and their cell phones and their bank accounts and their drugs. I have friends that I watch throw away those hard-to-find relationships where love and trust are paramount (and strongly evident), due to one of them ignoring what they have because they want that new skinnier or more interesting fling. I watch my family members ignore the needier people in our family (without remorse), because they’re too concerned with their own judgements and money, and beaucoup houses and cars and boats and so on. I watched a family member be ignored by the lot, when only one month earlier they attempted suicide. There is little love and compassion anymore and it makes me sick to my stomach.
I’ve also had realizations about myself – I have a form of depression that when I see all of this sickening mayhem, I tend to shut down and realize that the world is in ruin. Only a week ago I seriously questioned to myself, “what’s the point of me spending hours upon hours, every day on this blog and on my projects?” And I had a couple of days where I was in a bit of a dark place, analyzing everyone I knew and every person I had ever met – I realized that I’ve lost hope in humanity. But after a bit of retrospective soul-searching, I discerned that I am one of the few voices that see through the smog and am able to see the truth and am willing to voice it – it may be my responsibility to keep moving forward, voicing what I see and feel, to wake others from their lull. I promise here and now that I will continue to strive forward, trying my damnedest to keep my life on track, with the natural way of life that is within all humans, at the core of my soul – and I will remain focused on why we’re really here on this earth and what’s really important – and I hope you will too!
Life is meant to be challenging... “If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try,” by Seth Godin.
(Photo by Trey Ratcliff)
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