Don't trade your authenticity, your true self, integrity and sense of honour and integrity for the approval of others - It's better that people dislike you than you compromise yourself.
We all have so many thoughts over each day but how many do we truly listen to?
I don't know the answer, although I think if people listened to their inner-selves more and held a lot of the random things we see and hear externally at arms length, or eliminated them altogether, people would have better lives generally and live a life more true to themselves.
What do you think?
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A.I. slop
Repeating party talking points
Treating news media as gospel
Treating the opinions of a pastor/priest/rabbi/etc. as gospel
Chasing trends
All much easier than contemplation, analysis, and authenticity. But all easily forgotten in the background noise, too.
Yeah, nothing there I'm interested in, best to keep one's thoughts as "clean" as possible and free from the propaganda and other bullshit they feed people.
I appreciate you curating my comment on curangel, but was it really that significant?
It's more about me showing appreciation for your comment and what went into it, a lot of real-world experience and thought in life generally I'd say.
True. I have learned to be skeptical because I believed a lot of deliberate charlatans and well-meaning but mistaken people over the years. I also hold a lot of skepticism for self-professed authorities in general, since good leaders don't demand unthinking obedience.
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That is a nice garden of flowers. Is it yours? We can't wait for spring and for our wild flowers to start sprouting again. Need to brighten all this dead stuff up around here. Winter is such a moto suck with its dead and greyness.
Yep, I don't care much what other people think about me anymore. If they don't feed or fuck me that is.
I wish this garden was my own, alas it is not. This was an open garden we went to a little while ago in the hills above my city, quite nice indeed. I have a nice garden, but not as large and as nice as this one pictured I'm sorry to say. Lack of time I suppose.
It was beautiful for sure. I love our little flower garden. Sitting on our patio in the morning and taking in the sunrise, flowers and critters. It is always a good start to the day. We are biting at the bit for winter to be over.
Being outaide at my house is one of my favourite things. We have put a lot of work into it and it's quite bloody awesome as fuck! Seriously though, it's comfortable, a place we retreat to and relax, and even the work we do to keep it nice is enjoyable.
We don't have harsh winters like you, but I can imagine you wanting to see the end of it. Here, I can't wait for the heat to be over. Me and heat don't get along, after years of dealing with it I guess I'm over it. At least I'm not in the sand though, ya know?
It is the same with our little patio in the back. It is such a relaxing place to sit on the swing or in a chair. Sip a coffee or beer and take it in. We do have a little noise from the concrete jungle from afar, but not bad.
The winter could always be worse. At least we don't live further north or in the east right now. They just got a blizzard.
As far as the heat. I'll probably be bitching about it in 6 months. Seems like we don't get much of a spring or fall anymore. The mild temps don't seem to last as long s they used to. Maybe it's just me that thinks that. Not sure.
oh, the sandbox. I try to remind myself in the summer. At least it's not approaching 125 degrees fahrenheit and sand in every crevice of my body.
I saw NY was getting a walloping. I can't even imagine what that might be like to live in. Good thing it doesn't happen here.
I like the way you talk about your garden/patio; I think it's really nice for people to find contentment in simple things and not needing to be entertained all the time. I think it speaks to the overall feeling of happiness in a person.
And the sandbox. Fuck that place. Digging sand out of crevices one never knew they had years later...no fun at all. And all that on top of the other shite.
For sure. I am not much with plants. I could kill a cactus. My wife though, she has the green thumb. We have them all over the house. When spring comes she will be outside all the time working in the flowers. I am trying my hand at some cherry tomatoes this year though. We will see how it goes. But yes, it is a nice place just to hang out and disconnect without going far.
I used to love desert sunrises and sunsets. But I never want to step foot in another sandy place again in my life. Unless it is on a beach in a nice mild climate.
on this topic i'm kinda "lost", mainly because 90% of the day is taken by taking care of the kid, from the early morning to the evening when he goes to sleep (except at work where obviously i think at working) so the thinking is all taken at plan the next thing to do, answer him constantly asking why of something... it's been some years that litterally i dont have time for my own thoughts... when he gets to sleep i just need a break and prefer read something or watch a movie or play some games for the little hour left
I don't have any kids so I don't have that issue however I've heard parents say the same so understand how time consuming it can be.
and still primary school with homeworks hasn't kicked in...
I think I should have a thought recorder. Something that I can instantly turn into a file or something like that. There are so many thoughts that got lost from time to time... Yesterday, I had one, and it almost slipped my mind. Inspired by Marcus Aurelius, as so much these days:
Whenever someone does us harm, they can either bring out the worst of us, or the best of us - but it's us who decides which one it's going to be.
I might write a longer post about that. But I'm not really taking the time for that these days. Too much going on. It does relate to what you're saying about integrity. Maybe I'll weave that in, too.
I like to write stuff down, or make a voice note when something note-worthy pops into my head. I'm a busy person and it's difficult to recall everything; I get mad when I had a valuable thought but have allowed it to become list in my head and amongst all the other stuff that's in there.
I'm interested to see if you write that post, you seem always to put together some thoughts that make others think so let's see if you manage to get it done.
I will write it, just had to finish one about death first. Which interestingly enough also connects to this topic. I'm thinking about starting to organize my blog by topics. I think that's possible...
And thanks for the compliment about making people think! That is a big one, considering how most people seem allergic to thinking.
Generally I think the first tag is a good way to group your topics as each post happens.
No worries, glad you took it as a compliment, that's how the comment was intended.
The thing is that I sometimes don't write about a topic for a while. For example, if I want search for Ecuador related posts now, I have to scroll forever because it doesn't appear in my most used tags anymore...
I seemed to be easily influenced by those around me when I was younger, but now feel I know my inner self a lot better and just spend time focusing on what I want.
I think many would/could say the same; with age often comes experience and that leads people think and act in different ways. Young people tend to want approval from their peers more than when people settle into themselves later in life - they're also more easily influenced until they learn to make their own decisions. Not always of course, just speaking generally.
If I truly listened to all the thoughts that were going through my head in any given moment I wouldn't be doing much else x_x
I guess the advantage of that (to some value of advantage) is there's only so much room for external thoughts XD
There's a lot of rubbish out there so best to limit it's ingress to one's thoughts lest it negatively impact. Of course, it's not always possible.
I always say something similar: if people listened to their intuition and their soul, the world would shine and there would be no misery. Every soul knows the best path for itself.
I imagined myself in that cabin... I felt spectacular.
Some people listen to their intuition, their inner self, and do bad things so I'm not quite in agreement with you.
It's true... evil people do that. I hadn't seen it that way.
My thoughts are a trainwreck half the time, so I am not sure if that would be a smart thing for me to do :) Probably still better than all the external noise as you say!
Hopefully your trainwreck thoughts don't effect your life too negatively.
I've learned to conduct them effectively.
Hmmm I wonder if there is a difference between introverts and extroverts.. Maybe introverts think a lot more. For myself, I like to "talk" to myself in my mind. It helps me to think through complex issues better.
Introvert: A person who is predominantly focused on internal thoughts and feelings rather than on external things or social interaction, often characterized as being quiet or withdrawn.
Extrovert: a person who is predominantly focused on external things or social interaction rather than on internal thoughts and feelings, often characterized as being outgoing and socially confident.
I don't think introverts think any more than extroverts, they just think differently.
Also, self talk, is common, we all do it.