#justbe

When you release the need for things to go a certain way, you open yourself up to the beauty of spontaneity and the joy of simply being present. 🌼 It’s like dancing in the rain without worrying about how wet you’ll get or sitting under a tree and just enjoying the shade.

So, here’s to embracing the unexpected, to moving through life with a light heart, and to enjoying the journey—because sometimes, it’s the unplanned moments that turn into the best memories. 🌍💛

What’s one way you can let go of expectations today? Share below! ✨

I'm going to say something that might break your current system:

Everything you're doing to get there is keeping you from arriving.

1. I stopped trying. And that's when it started working.

There's a version of "doing the work" that is secretly just panic in a pretty outfit.

Checking the mirror forty times a day isn't faith — it's auditing. Stacking subliminal on top of subliminal isn't trust — it's desperation with headphones in. Finding the next thing to fix isn't growth — it's your mind convincing you that you're not done yet. That you're not there yet.

And as long as you believe you're not there yet — you won't be.

The shift happened when I told myself one simple thing: there is nothing to fix. Not because I'd arrived. But because arriving was already inevitable. It was already decided. So the checking, the obsessing, the rituals — they became pointless. Not because I gave up. Because I was done. There's a difference.

2. I stopped dressing like someone who was waiting to become her.

I sat with myself and asked a question I hadn't asked before:

What does the version of me who already has this actually do on a Tuesday?

She doesn't count calories — she just eats well because that's who she is. She doesn't wear clothes that hide her — she wears what she loves because she's not waiting for permission from the mirror first.

So I stopped waiting.

I ordered the yogurt bowl. I wore the dress. I showed up as her before I felt like her — because I understood that the feeling follows the identity, not the other way around.

Was it uncomfortable? Genuinely, yes. There were moments I felt like I was wearing a costume. But underneath the discomfort was something quieter and more certain — the feeling of actually moving. Of becoming. Not performing becoming. Actually becoming.

That feeling is unlike anything else.

3. I didn't push harder. I just didn't quit.

Persistence, the way most people practice it, looks like force. More affirmations. Louder. Longer. More convinced.

But real persistence is almost boring. It's just — not letting the doubt win. Not engaging with it. Not arguing with it, not feeding it, not trying to logic your way out of it.

A contradicting thought would come. I'd see it. And I'd let it pass like a car outside a window — present for a second, then gone. I wasn't beautiful because I convinced myself. I was beautiful because I decided I already was, and I simply didn't renegotiate that decision every time my reflection had an opinion.

That's it. That's the whole thing.

You're not behind because you're not trying hard enough.

You're behind because you're trying at all.

Decide. Occupy. Persist without force.

Bu yeni yılda şunu yazmak istedim:

Bazen acaba gelecekteki kader bekçilerim kim olacak diye düşünüyorum.

Bazen önümdeki, gücüm yetmeyen taşları kaldıramıyorum diye üzülüyorum.

Bazen de hüzünlü mirasların acısına yenik düşüyorum.

Evet, şimdi:

Şu kadarını söyleyeyim, artık gücüm yetmeyen taşlarla uğraşmayacağım.

Şu kadarını söyleyeyim, artık hüzünlü mirasların karşısında görünmezlik kılıfı giyiceğim.

Şu kadarını söyleyeyim, artık kendimi yapamadıklarım için yetersiz hissetmeyeceğim.

Şu kadarını söyleyeyim, her yaşadığımdan ders çıkarmak zorunda değilim.

Ve son kez:

Şu kadarını söyleyeyim, kendimi habire ileriye taşımak zorunda değilim. Kendimi her boşluğu en iyi şekilde değerlendirmesi gereken biri olarak görmeyeceğim.

Çünkü zaman bazen sadece geçer öyle değilmiii.

Ve buraya kadar okuduysanız teşekkür ederim:) Yeni yılın eşiğinde, zamanın ve kendi içimin kıvrımlarından süzülen birkaç düşünceyi paylaşmak istedim.

Ve unutmayın…

Hayat bazen sadece durup bakmayı, bazen de saçma sapan kahkahalar atmayı öğretir.

Zorunda olduğumuz tek şey, sahte maskeler takmadan kendi çılgınlığımızla var olmaktır.

Bazen taşlar ağırlık yapar, bazen boşluklar sessizce büyür; ama ikisi de seni kendinle tanıştırmak için vardır.:)

En büyük özgürlük, her yükü sırtlamak zorunda olmadığını fark etmektir.

Sadece olmak… kendi saçma, tuhaf ve harika halinle olmak… işte bu, en cesur ve en deli adım.

Ve belki de…

Yeni yıl, nefesin kadar yakın, adımın kadar cesur ve sadece senin kadar gerçek olacak.

Voilà ❄️

-Écho Atlas

"It's remarkable to see people so passionate and committed to their causes, even when they may not have all the facts on their side.

This unwavering dedication is truly rare and beautiful, especially when it requires courage to stand up against opposing views. But in our willingness to do whatever it takes to be 'right' we often forget that everyone is entitled to their own beliefs and perspectives. We must acknowledge that our own convictions don't necessarily make them universally true. Just because someone believes their actions are justified doesn't automatically make them so."

What's striking, though, is how people are so invested in their own truths, fighting for what they believe in, without necessarily considering alternative perspectives. It's as if we're all competing in a game to be 'right,' where everyone wants to emerge as "the winner"... But what's the real prize in this game, anyway?..

Perhaps we can break free from this cycle by adopting a different approach. Rather than clinging to our own viewpoints, let's aim to understand and learn from each other's perspectives. Not because we have to, but because considering multiple angles can give us a more complete picture – a bird's eye view, so to speak.

To truly absorb new information, we need to let go of our subjective biases, our tendency to dismiss opposing views, and our judgmental attitudes. We need to stop taking everything so personally and just... stop...

So, let's take a break from this constant need to be 'right all the time' and ease our minds a bit.

Maybe then we can find a more harmonious path forward, where we celebrate our differences and learn to appreciate the beauty in our unique views.

..."So, I’ve been thinking—maybe the complexity we add to existence isn’t really about the world itself, but about us. We have a tendency to over complicate things because we’re uncomfortable with simplicity.

It’s like, when we’re avoiding something—whether it’s facing the truth or taking responsibility—we add layers to make it harder to deal with. We start blaming others, coming up with excuses, or just denying things altogether.. and it made me wonder if, on a bigger scale, we do the exact same thing with existence. We’re so uneasy with the idea that everything just is—that it’s exactly what it is, without any need for explanation or validation—that we end up creating all these stories, beliefs, and philosophies to fill in the gaps..

But what if we stopped?...

What if we could just let things be?

What if we stripped away all the complexity and just acknowledged that everything, in its simplest form, is enough?

No need for an explanation, no need for anything to prove its worth... I think that’s what scares us the most.

If we accept that existence is enough just as it is, we have to ask ourselves: Am I enough just as I am?.. No need to earn validation, no need for achievements or justifications to prove my worth. That’s the hard part. We’ve been trained to think that our worth has to be earned, that simplicity isn’t enough.

But maybe that’s where the beauty is. When we stop trying to explain it all, when we stop searching for meaning outside of existence itself, we realize that it doesn’t need any of that. Existence doesn’t need validation. It doesn’t need to explain itself. It just is. And that, in its purest form, is beautiful.

So maybe the point isn’t to figure out how it all started or why we’re here. Maybe it’s to let go of the need to complicate it and just be. To appreciate existence for what it is, without all the layers we’ve added on. To let go of the stories and just embrace the truth that everything is exactly as it is—and maybe, just maybe, that’s enough..