Haven't read the thread and sorry if I sound like a cynic but trying to "find yourself" is bullshit. I mean, what does it even mean?
But yes, finding yourself is for the people who are truly enightened and want to find the things perhaps they lost on the way in their lives.
And by the way, "enlightened" doesn't mean that anyone is better than anyone else. it just means that we are traded off these enlightened qualiities because we lost other things. It's a reward for the pain.
Does that mean, I am better than you if you claim to not need to find yourself? No, it just means that you may consider yourself fortuneate to not need to do this task. And on some days I am sure that those of us looking will look to those like you and say we wish our lives could be easier and not need to have to find ourselves because it is a painful, gritty ,"get your hands dirty" process. But just like all of our chores in life, the ones we most dread perhaps, after we are done, beat up, bloody, worn out, exhausted maybe, we look at our work and say, "Damn I am glad I did that. I wouldn't have it any other way."
So, please, as I have been polite to you, don't discount those of us who are needing to see just who we are as losers, or as those who are disillusioned. We are those running the same race as you are and not trying to win at anything, just trying to get to where we need to be.
And honestly, friend, you haven't had to ever get back to anything in your life after you have had a bad thing happen to you that left you feeling out of sorts?
Baby, You Wouldn't Last a Minute on The Creek......
Together we will float like angels.........
In the moment that you left the room, the album started skipping, goodbye to beauty shared with the ones that you love.........
Took a month long trip to New Zealand. I had just gotten out of a miserable marriage and was completely lost. Went with 3 friends and discovered many more as we backpacked on the 2 islands.
Also Bungee Jumping, ice climbing, 4 day trek in rainforest helped a lot.
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But yes, finding yourself is for the people who are truly enightened and want to find the things perhaps they lost on the way in their lives.
And by the way, "enlightened" doesn't mean that anyone is better than anyone else. it just means that we are traded off these enlightened qualiities because we lost other things. It's a reward for the pain.
Does that mean, I am better than you if you claim to not need to find yourself? No, it just means that you may consider yourself fortuneate to not need to do this task. And on some days I am sure that those of us looking will look to those like you and say we wish our lives could be easier and not need to have to find ourselves because it is a painful, gritty ,"get your hands dirty" process. But just like all of our chores in life, the ones we most dread perhaps, after we are done, beat up, bloody, worn out, exhausted maybe, we look at our work and say, "Damn I am glad I did that. I wouldn't have it any other way."
So, please, as I have been polite to you, don't discount those of us who are needing to see just who we are as losers, or as those who are disillusioned. We are those running the same race as you are and not trying to win at anything, just trying to get to where we need to be.
And honestly, friend, you haven't had to ever get back to anything in your life after you have had a bad thing happen to you that left you feeling out of sorts?
Together we will float like angels.........
In the moment that you left the room, the album started skipping, goodbye to beauty shared with the ones that you love.........
Also Bungee Jumping, ice climbing, 4 day trek in rainforest helped a lot.