lot of the subject matter we write about here is about chasing what
you want. Figuring it out. As a nice change of pace, our good friend
Jackie Blackford from Blackford Photography has been awesome enough
to submit a post for us that I think reflects the fact that once you
do start building a life on your own terms, its not just a walk in
the old metaphorical park. Without further ado, here is an insightful
view-point from Ms. Blackford
The all consuming selfish self against the rat race, the masses and a
backdrop of predisposed, perfectly illustrated, perfect possible
futures that it is now nestling in its mind By
Jackie Blackford.
It is very easy to rebel
against the world. To seek a different life. To fight the stupid
stream that forces you to get up and do stuff. You, who does not feel
like doing anything everyone else is doing because you are more
special than a mediocre life.
In the moment your life
becomes that, I urge you to drop everything and run away.
Cradle yourself until you can only hear your own whispers in the dark, because no amount of
motivation, inspiration or money can make you passionate enough about
something, to drag your faint uninteresting heartbeat to the surface
for a breath of reality.
If in your mind, it is
still only you against a backdrop of people, that holds no
possibilities for you, who share no intelligence, alienating bad
people that are all the same, then you suffer from a little self
delusion.
You
see the merry thing about our simple minds are, that we actually
enjoy doing stuff we have vision for. That we get rewarded for, but
mostly that we are passionate about. When
you are so excited for a personal achievement, that the work
[journey] becomes as rewarding as the achievement, you sort of have
this little life thing figured out.
Being jaded and
untouchable, being removed from the masses, in no way makes you
better. Half a second spend getting to know people, is pretty much as
easy as life can be, and loving silently and in peace (thank you
OSHO) is the easiest way to take the blame off people for how
terrible aspects of your existence can be, and place in neatly back
in your lap.
You
see people are only harmful if they effect you, if you are dependent
on them, if you need approval, love, admiration, lodging, respect,
income from them and they are too poor, selfish, douchy to give it to
you all the time. If you are looking for these things, run to the
hills… blah blah blah
(now singing Run to the
Hills from Iron Maiden in my head, thanks brain)
The thing is,
RESPONSIBILITY.
The moment that you take
responsibility for your life, and stop being a victim, a whole lot of
doors open for you.
Once you realize that you are responsible for how you spend your days,
what you do with your life and what you think of yourself, it’s a
bloody party.
Turn your tunnel vision of the here and now into a wide angle view of this
split second you exist.
In the end nothing you ever did matters. It
doesn't even matter if you receive a Nobel prize for piece, or an
Emmy for acting, or a handwritten birthday card from your toddler for
being the best parent ever.
But if you happened to achieve them whilst you were loving your life and doing what makes
you cry with happiness, then buja!!! Geez right?
Okay so how does one start this journey of drowning the un-pleasable, ungrateful self that
will claim freedom at the back and loss of other justifying it with
dismissal of the existence of others being as important the Self?
1.There is no such thing as a perfect / great / happy world / life /
journey. Suck it in, pucker up and stop being such a whiny ass. Of
course you are going to have hard days / months / years. It is just
life. You cannot control everything. Complain, drink a bottle of
wine, move away, don’t move at all, whatever, just stop pretending
that one can get it right. Everybody is as confused in their journey
as you.
2.Be bloody thankful for good days / weeks / months / moments. Being
thankful for what you have [life, thoughts, a will, beer, legs to run
away] will change your perspective so much, that sooner than later
you will find yourself happy and content even if you just
accidentally killed snowball with the lawnmower, because at least you
have a lawn, and snowball wasn't your cat.
3.Keeping moving forward. Keep doing what you love, even if only
for a minute a day. Live, breath and inhale your passion!!! Things
change as you do. Soon your life will be where you wanted it, just
stop being a spoiled obsessed brat, and live slowly, breath deeply,
take the disappointment with honor and keep trying. As you get
stronger, it gets easier.
4. Rest more. Loaf more. Sleep more. And if you are… do it less. If you are not happy…
THEN BLOODY WELL CHANGE THINGS
5.Just breath. Everything is going to be okay. You just missed another day being crazy. Love
your life. You only have this one. Create stuff. Read stuff. Love
stuff.
Loads of love
Jax
Thank you Jackie for the insights.
Be sure to check out her
awesome work at:
http://jackieblackford.blogspot.com/
And follow her on
twitter:
https://twitter.com/JackieBlackford
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Thanks for reading
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