Sit With You Beautifully
By The Parodist | July 9, 2008
When you think of life, what comes to mind? Do you have what Milan Kundera speak of as “the unbearable lightness of being”? Or are you completely weighed down by the realities?
It’s easy to fall prey to the need to self-preserve. It only means that you love yourself. You know what’s important. You have it in you to do what you know and feel is right. Which is good. But be careful not to mistake having an easy life with having lightness of being. Life is as difficult as it’s beautiful.
How do we get that lightness of being? Perhaps you may not believe it but we all have been searching for it our entire life. Some may even die not knowing that it was what they had been looking to have in their life. Looking around and seeing all the earth’s majesty, taking in the vastness of the universe, we can’t help but feel utterly small. Small and heavily burdened by that very desire.
What am I supposed to do with my life?
Personally, I’ve asked myself this question far too many times, “What am I supposed to do with my life?” I had found myself thinking of ways that gets the job done and I called it being industrious and resourceful. I had introduced myself to various activities that I had not dared imagine myself doing and called it being adventurous. And so on and so forth, you get the idea. But even after having done it, achieved it, I still find myself asking the same question.
What criteria do you base your decisions on?
We often focus on the mundane, thinking that these things compose the grander scheme which then monumentally makes them a priority. They do, actually, but I can’t help but wonder why we’re like that. And then I would further ask, what criteria do you base your decisions on? Esp when we think about priorities.
For some, they settle for the things that gets them through the day. It’s a sad thought but it happens. Others, have it made so they can actually allow certain luxuries, which by themselves can be considered grand. A number have a general idea but are still trying make sense of it. And the rest are simply fumbling to, at least, finish one thing.
Finding the Answer
The answer to my question isn’t really about finding that very thing I would want to do, specifically, but the realisation that, behind every activity or project I may involve myself in, my core being will remain intact. These things are mere products of who I am and not things that make me who I am. Did I make sense?
You are they way you’re made and you’re amazingly beautiful that way. Accept it. Know it. Believe it. Love it.
Knowing that we continue on with life with a sense of purpose, that being the act of finding within ourselves a positive answer to the question, “Am I significant?”, will make a whole lot of difference. You just may begin to experience that lightness of being.
Big world. Millions of opportunities. People. Yourself. These make up to an overwhelming promise of redemption.
And they all sit with you beautifully.
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Topics: Music & Artists, Philosophy & Paradox, Questions |
July 10th, 2008 at 11:17 am
This is such a heartful reflection. Yup, whatever paths we take, whatever activities we immerse in, we should never lose our sense of self. While we discover more facets of the universe in these moments, quietly, slowly, facets of our own are revealed to us as well.
July 10th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
A slow, firm pace makes the walk stable and spiritual. Getting to know ourselves and the rest of the universe can be difficult at times but loving comes in the knowing.
Thanks, Toni.
July 12th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Beautiful. Sometimes we get the question “What am I supposed to do with my life?” mixed up with “What does society say I should be doing with my life?”
I’ve actually started thinking more along the lines of “What do I WANT to do with my life?” and I’ve realized that it’s now time to decide what I’m willing to give up and for what in exchange.
July 13th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Sometimes, sacrificing something may signify your genuine intent to keep in the right path. I believe that holding on to the good things makes making the decision stronger than dwelling on what you had to lose. I also believe that it’s love, the answer to the “what for”.
Thanks for sharing.