Insights of Delight

Whenever I find myself in a situation that is less than stellar, this idea of being bored takes over. I don’t think that always having something to watch or entertainment is something that we need every second of every day. This idea that the amount of content in the world far surpasses the ability to watch it all leaves anyone with the feeling that they are getting left out or left behind. This creates emotions that we need to keep up to date and filling in our time with stories, skits, and posts about ourselves or others. If we spent as much time with investing in our emotional, mental, or physical capabilities as we did with the nonsense of content creators everywhere our rising generations would be far better prepared for tomorrow’s troubles.

Upon having conversations with fellow friends and associates I am reminded of a idea that I would love to explore in this post. In this example, my friend has been going through a difficult time dealing with his emotions due to his decompression methods or in his case the lack thereof. While we discussed why he thought this was happening I realized I could relate to him on another level because I was once experiencing those faulty perceptions of who I was and the world around me. I still do have moments where I am struggling with these same issues, because it is a process of refining one’s interactions with the world always. As we were discussing the main issue that I could see that was affecting his mood the most was his perception of himself and how he fit into the world. He saw himself as a person who was at fault for all of the bad interactions he had encountered, as well as having the idea that if he was not perfect in one way or another, he in turn had no value. This brought to power the idea that perception has this power to shape the lives we live. In the end I told him that he should see himself as a human first and know that as a human he is going to have shortcomings, what makes one great is how they respond to those instances. As for taking accountability for those things that were completely out of his control, a simple new perspective was introduced that helped him see things a bit more from my shoes in a sense. Having this ability to take a step back can be invaluable in any given scenario. It is worth the venture to explore more in depth.

When thinking about improving or changing there are so many things that need to be considered to ensure the accomplishment of the idea of mastery. The first few things that come to mind is the grit and persistence to continue on, especially when things become tough. This has to become a daily ritual to truly incorporate mastery on any level with any type of practice. Refinement is also another key to acquiring this mastery. Being able to know what we can improve on, no matter how minuscule, is a catalyst in the very least to be able to start seeing mastery level results. Fine tuning is some of the most tedious work, but it can bring to pass the most beautiful pieces and give them life.

We all have gone through or are going through this thing that we call life. This may be something different for each one of us, but just like the natural laws of nature, there has to be some sort of universal connection that we all share with one another. One of these connections is thinking about destinations as well as journeys to arrive at those destinations. Whether you are considering this topic in the metaphorical sense or that of actual journeys and destinations that one may have completed. Upon reflection, I believe that both of these aspects of life are equally important and they play so much into one another. They have a mutual relationship that cannot go away. For example, the end goal or destination could not be a reality without having first been through the journey, nor would the journey have any meaning if not for a specific place or location that you were trying to achieve. We can compare these destinations to goals that we want to achieve as well. This means that in order for us to achieve the things that we desire most, we need to put in the work and follow the path to accomplish that success of completing our goals.