What if nothing we do matters? I don’t mean that in the fatalistic sense
that it sounds. What I mean is – what if
all the things we worry about don’t really matter? If the only really important things are to
take care of ourselves and to be kind to others. All the rest is gravy.
What could you discard if this were the case? If you didn’t have to seek anyone’s approval
– would the car you drive matter? The
clothes you wear? The neighbourhood you
live in? The schools your children
attend?
How do we make our life decisions? Are they based on what our parents did or
didn’t do? How we want to be perceived
in the world? The values that are
important to us?
What would you do differently if none of it mattered? If you could stop thinking ‘I’m too old’, or
‘I’m too young’, or ‘I’m afraid’ or ‘what would my friends and neighbours
think?’ or ‘what would my parents think?’
It can be remarkably freeing to let go of societal
expectations, cultural expectations, and personal expectations of how our lives
should look. Take a moment and
dream. Dream of what you would change if
you could do anything. Dream of what you
would do if nothing mattered other than caring for others and yourself. If you already had all the time and money in the
world. What would you do?
And then start putting it into practice.
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