Its a question that keeps popping up whenever I feel unmotivated and "not in the mood" to write a weekly post. Isnt it why you quit Instagram/social media, because you wanted to spend more time writing and reading?
Somewhere along the way, it feels that we or society, just skipped the most important part of that journey, the work before you reach your goal. We only see people's results, the goal, the dream - but not the actual labour that it took to get there. We want it fast and now, and preferably with not much effort.
In Norwegian we have a saying "ingen dans på roser" - "not a dance on roses", I frequently come back to that, probably to remind myself that it is not supposed to be easy, and that the journey as much as the goal, is also part of the process of getting your dream.
Thanks for this Viam. Your “get real” speech in this context of you helping someone that thought they wanted something is a good reminder to me too. So much of what actually comes into being does so because I call it in not just with my mind, but with heart and hands and feet.
I am sorry you were disappointed Viam. That is part of Life too and we need to accept it and move on. Still, I am glad you have turned negative energy ( disappointment) into positive energy by writing about it. Do you want it enough? That is the Big Question in small scale as well as in large! I think before we are conceived this Question is put to us by God/ the Universe. For it is an all consuming affair and only those who really commit to it should be in it! I am thinking about your friend who has given up. I am thinking how miserable he must be feeling right now. He must feel guilty having got all your input and love yet he had wasted it at the first hurdle. He too is disappointed, by himself. That must be a huge millstone to carry, probably a lot heavier than the one you are carrying about him letting you down. Never the less, you have done the right thing by telling him your opinion. He needed to have that piece of jigsaw puzzle to fit into that space in his Life. It may have gone in deeper than the hard work you have put in for him and that may turn the Key for him. You are a wise person Viam and I am sure you see the larger picture. This is an opportunity for both of you to learn and move on. I am sure though it has disappointed you, it has not embittered you. So if in the future someone else comes to you for help, you will just as enthusiastically give it as you have done it this time. For you had an opportunity to forgive someone and you did it! By so doing, you have become an even more Noble Soul🌞🙏😇🕊️❤️
Its a question that keeps popping up whenever I feel unmotivated and "not in the mood" to write a weekly post. Isnt it why you quit Instagram/social media, because you wanted to spend more time writing and reading?
Somewhere along the way, it feels that we or society, just skipped the most important part of that journey, the work before you reach your goal. We only see people's results, the goal, the dream - but not the actual labour that it took to get there. We want it fast and now, and preferably with not much effort.
In Norwegian we have a saying "ingen dans på roser" - "not a dance on roses", I frequently come back to that, probably to remind myself that it is not supposed to be easy, and that the journey as much as the goal, is also part of the process of getting your dream.
Thanks for this Viam. Your “get real” speech in this context of you helping someone that thought they wanted something is a good reminder to me too. So much of what actually comes into being does so because I call it in not just with my mind, but with heart and hands and feet.
well, when i was younger, maybe, now? i’m content to simply enjoy forests until i die.
I am sorry you were disappointed Viam. That is part of Life too and we need to accept it and move on. Still, I am glad you have turned negative energy ( disappointment) into positive energy by writing about it. Do you want it enough? That is the Big Question in small scale as well as in large! I think before we are conceived this Question is put to us by God/ the Universe. For it is an all consuming affair and only those who really commit to it should be in it! I am thinking about your friend who has given up. I am thinking how miserable he must be feeling right now. He must feel guilty having got all your input and love yet he had wasted it at the first hurdle. He too is disappointed, by himself. That must be a huge millstone to carry, probably a lot heavier than the one you are carrying about him letting you down. Never the less, you have done the right thing by telling him your opinion. He needed to have that piece of jigsaw puzzle to fit into that space in his Life. It may have gone in deeper than the hard work you have put in for him and that may turn the Key for him. You are a wise person Viam and I am sure you see the larger picture. This is an opportunity for both of you to learn and move on. I am sure though it has disappointed you, it has not embittered you. So if in the future someone else comes to you for help, you will just as enthusiastically give it as you have done it this time. For you had an opportunity to forgive someone and you did it! By so doing, you have become an even more Noble Soul🌞🙏😇🕊️❤️
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