I have to say, Russell Brand has really impressed me talking about this on his youtube channel. This is such a huge thing to talk about. I'm not gonna lie, I honestly had no idea who Chris Cornell was until the recent news of his passing this week. Call me an uncultured swine, go on! Haha! My heart goes out to this man's family who are left behind and am sure that Chris has found peace now. Which nicely leads me on to my next point. Peace. It is what we are all fundamentally searching for. But it is right here in front of you as you read this. We live in a society that is programmed to keep thriving, keep making goals and fulfilling them, and making more goals and fulfilling them etc. On a slightly different note; This TED talk linked below, talks a bit more about how as a society we are all a little bit psychotic. We all have these tendencies. I honestly think that this is a result of the kind of modern society we live in today that reinforces the beliefs I just mentioned regarding making goals. So the consequences of this constant striving, constant "on to the next thing"; is the dissatisfaction with life that Russell talks about in this video.
We are never satisfied. We want more and more, become greedier and greedier. Never satisfied with what we have right here. In a way, (just to be devils advocate) I can see how the goal setting can be a good thing. But we are talking about excess here; and as the saying goes "Too much of anything is bad for you" It's good to push yourself, to strive for better. But it's also good to be satisfied that if you were to die today. This was the life you led. It mightn't be perfect, you mightn't have always got it right. But it is what you made it and what it has made you. There needs to be more openness about this topic. There needs to be more awareness and more help and support available.
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AuthorI am a 25 year old nurse, who is trying to find herself. This blog will contain epiphanies I have, my yoga progress and other such things. Enjoy. :) Archives
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