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Here we are on this planet in the middle of the hustle the bustle, grinding away. Busy as ever, always on the go, always searching for something. Most of the time, once we get what we are looking for, we are satisfied for some time, then feelings of unfulfillment begin to creep in. So we continue to consume more and more, buying the newest gadget, new clothes, you name it. Little do we know, what we’re yearning for isn’t anything outside us. What I mean is the understanding that whatever happens, we will be ok. The assurance that no matter who comes and goes in our life, we will continue to press forward, focused on our chosen endeavors. It’s essentially the attributes of self-assurance, joy, outcome independence, and genuine care for the well-being and happiness of others, whether they’re in our life or not. Once we have developed those attributes, we can share true unconditional love.
There comes a time in everyone’s life when we must stop running away from our problems. It must happen to develop self-assurance because as we continually face the issues that arise and overcome, our confidence increases. This increase will develop the understanding to know that we can find a way out when push comes to shove. As a result, our life experience becomes more joyful, mainly because the more we know things will work out, the result has to be happiness. On matters of outcome independence, what is most important is that we let go. We all have past traumas that we are hanging on to, pain from previous relationships, and guilt from mistakes we have made; to move forward in our lives, we have to let all of it go. Once we do, we will develop the ability to work and not focus on the results. Essentially that’s what outcome independence is; whatever the result is, we are good either way.
Self-work is one of the most beneficial jobs that you have in this life. If you think about it, how will we be able to help others, or start a family, if we haven’t at least given this some effort? To care for someone else in an impactful way, where you don’t have to shower them with materialistic gifts. You have to come from a place of wholeness. I would say that this place has to be overflowing and radiating with an understanding that you can only get once you have started this work on yourself. Once you do, then and only then will you be ready to give others true unconditional love. Until next time may you be endued with, as my grandfather would say, “Agape Love.” Be you. Be great.
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