Haha, that's kewl. I didn't know that about me...
I love fear! It's one of my favorite emotions. That's why I love gymnastics so much, that's why I always work up the balls to talk to the pretty girl across the room, that's why I jumped off a bridge. In all these moments I fully felt my fear. I like to feel fear, it's fukin' kewl. Just like the rest of our emotions.
Feeling emotions can be one of the most simple yet amazing parts of our life experience. And yet, many of us suppress our emotions, judge ourselves for feeling a certain way, and generally determine the value of our lives in terms of breadth as opposed to depth.
Think of your life as a story. Breadth would be the number of pages, the characters, and events of the story. In our lives, breadth would be the length of our life, the people we knew, the things we did, and the places we saw. But, we've all had a story that we've read over and over without getting bored of it, sometimes that story even got better each time we read it. Those stories have depth. The quality of our life story is not only determined by breadth, but depth as well.
How deep and meaningful were our relationships? How often did we truly stop and appreciate the beauty in the world? How many of us felt our emotions fully, and lived each moment? Did we really get to know ourselves? Lemme repeat that one. Did we really get to know ourselves, in OUR life story?
Just because we're busy, doesn't mean we're accomplishing anything. Some people make it all the way to grandparenthood without a single hesitation of depth. So, my point is not to make anyone feel sad about how they lead their life, but if we do feel sad, let's feel that sadness and not judge it.
For that that work well with bullet points:
Feeling emotions can be one of the most simple yet amazing parts of our life experience. And yet, many of us suppress our emotions, judge ourselves for feeling a certain way, and generally determine the value of our lives in terms of breadth as opposed to depth.
Think of your life as a story. Breadth would be the number of pages, the characters, and events of the story. In our lives, breadth would be the length of our life, the people we knew, the things we did, and the places we saw. But, we've all had a story that we've read over and over without getting bored of it, sometimes that story even got better each time we read it. Those stories have depth. The quality of our life story is not only determined by breadth, but depth as well.
How deep and meaningful were our relationships? How often did we truly stop and appreciate the beauty in the world? How many of us felt our emotions fully, and lived each moment? Did we really get to know ourselves? Lemme repeat that one. Did we really get to know ourselves, in OUR life story?
Just because we're busy, doesn't mean we're accomplishing anything. Some people make it all the way to grandparenthood without a single hesitation of depth. So, my point is not to make anyone feel sad about how they lead their life, but if we do feel sad, let's feel that sadness and not judge it.
For that that work well with bullet points:
- Don't judge yourself
- Feel your emotions fully, and live in the moment
- Explore the depth of experiences in life
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