Reclaiming Your Identity
Wow, time flies!
It's May already! The weather-like the flowers- has bloomed and I'm loving being outdoors again.
There's something amazing about spring-the aliveness, the energy of rebirth and renewal, of being born again.
I write this post just to point something out, something I feel is critical.
I'm on You Tube alot. A-lot. Love it. One thing I don't love, however, is the comment section under the videos. People go crazy there. I also have an addiction to looking at comment sections of blogs and websites. Often the views are extremely polarized. Othertimes people feel the need to share what the person said that they agree (and especially disagree) with.
I think it's critical to take the opportunity to share something here:
When someone expresses their thoughts, beliefs, experiences, conclusions or feelings about something, you don't have to agree with it.
Again:
YOU DON'T HAVE TO AGREE WITH WHAT ANOTHER PERSON SAYS!
And not only that, but:
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LET THE PERSON KNOW THAT YOU DON'T AGREE WITH THEM!
The person is only sharing something. When someone shares or expresses a thought, opinion, belief, etc. etc. the point is not for you to accept or reject it.
In the blogosphere, people are just "exhaling" for the most part with the hope that what they share may in some way help a fellow human being somehow. That's it.
For the most part, people don't expect you to agree with their self-expression. And if they do, so what? You don't have to! If you don't agree with them, just DON'T agree with them!
[Check out my post called "Permission". It pretty much sums it up.]
My whole point in writing this is about the cult of society we live in, which is -and was- the same exact concept of the Matrix movie. We have been born, bred and brainwashed through more than religion to believe fundamental things and operate a certain way that is beneficial to those to whom it benefits. Cults are not just about fanatical religious beliefs. They are in everything: the school system, politics, sororities and fraternities, military forces, etc. etc. There is always an authority figure telling the group what is or isn't truth. There's always conformity, where you sacrifice your well-being for the group, aka the "hive mentality".
Which is why when we hear, read, see or witness another person openly expressing their beliefs we feel the need to let them know that we agree with some stuff the person says but not others.
We feel we HAVE to do this!
Why?
This, indeed, is the question that each of us must explore within ourselves.
If we are internally grounded and are living in our true power, are confident and self-assured, nothing others say can truly affect you. Your truth is YOUR truth. not mine. Not anyone else's.
And that is enough.
Happy spring, everyone and enjoy the newness of mother nature, new thoughts, new love, new you!
H.
There's something amazing about spring-the aliveness, the energy of rebirth and renewal, of being born again.
I write this post just to point something out, something I feel is critical.
I'm on You Tube alot. A-lot. Love it. One thing I don't love, however, is the comment section under the videos. People go crazy there. I also have an addiction to looking at comment sections of blogs and websites. Often the views are extremely polarized. Othertimes people feel the need to share what the person said that they agree (and especially disagree) with.
I think it's critical to take the opportunity to share something here:
When someone expresses their thoughts, beliefs, experiences, conclusions or feelings about something, you don't have to agree with it.
Again:
YOU DON'T HAVE TO AGREE WITH WHAT ANOTHER PERSON SAYS!
And not only that, but:
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LET THE PERSON KNOW THAT YOU DON'T AGREE WITH THEM!
The person is only sharing something. When someone shares or expresses a thought, opinion, belief, etc. etc. the point is not for you to accept or reject it.
In the blogosphere, people are just "exhaling" for the most part with the hope that what they share may in some way help a fellow human being somehow. That's it.
For the most part, people don't expect you to agree with their self-expression. And if they do, so what? You don't have to! If you don't agree with them, just DON'T agree with them!
[Check out my post called "Permission". It pretty much sums it up.]
My whole point in writing this is about the cult of society we live in, which is -and was- the same exact concept of the Matrix movie. We have been born, bred and brainwashed through more than religion to believe fundamental things and operate a certain way that is beneficial to those to whom it benefits. Cults are not just about fanatical religious beliefs. They are in everything: the school system, politics, sororities and fraternities, military forces, etc. etc. There is always an authority figure telling the group what is or isn't truth. There's always conformity, where you sacrifice your well-being for the group, aka the "hive mentality".
Which is why when we hear, read, see or witness another person openly expressing their beliefs we feel the need to let them know that we agree with some stuff the person says but not others.
We feel we HAVE to do this!
Why?
This, indeed, is the question that each of us must explore within ourselves.
If we are internally grounded and are living in our true power, are confident and self-assured, nothing others say can truly affect you. Your truth is YOUR truth. not mine. Not anyone else's.
And that is enough.
Happy spring, everyone and enjoy the newness of mother nature, new thoughts, new love, new you!
H.
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