A few days ago, watchin a Youtube video, I heard a youtuber said: "If you want to become successful, act like successful people". She meant that for self improvement a good idea is to integrate successful people habits into your life.
Suddenly I remembered of Alejandro Jodorowsky, an important filmmaker nowaydays. Why? Because I follow him on his Instagram account, and he always provides a series of reflections every week. I found that very interesting and I think it's time to make myself that, talking about the things I've learned through the week. So this is my first time sharing this, hope you like it and stay tuned for next updates :).
What others think about me, has more to do with them than with me...
This week someone told me something really hurtful. Since that person is really close to me, I got really sad. I could even say that fvcked up my day. A few days later, I saw a sum up of a book I've read a long time ago, with a phrase that helped me feel better about that. What others think about you, has more to do with them than with you! From now on, when someone says something hurtful to me, first thing I'm doing is asking myself: Does it makes me feel peace? Does it nurture me? Does it give me money? If the answer to that is no guess what, I'm moving on.
The things that piss me off about others are probably projections of myself.
New Year's Eve and all the parties around it means a lot time with family. It's completely normal to get stressed, sad and upset by then. I specially got mad at my brother and sister because they were really annoying!!! Meditating about that, the whole shadow thing came through my mind, and as I said in the subtitle, the things that piss me off about them are probably projections of myself. Why? It's my job to find it and work it down.
Fighting against lazyness is actually easier than what your mind makes you think.
One of my New Year's resolutions was to left behind lazyness. To achieve that I've been pushing myself to make little tasks to keep my surroundings organized and my mind active. How glad I was to find it was easier than what I thought! All I had to do was getting over a sort of initial barrier, and then by inertia I would complete my tasks. Other things that helped my were using cellphone reminders and post it notes. What's left is to keep being consistent on that, and I know results will come one way or another.
Another reminder: People come and go.
This one sounds so cliché. Anyways, I tell it due to a personal experience. Someone really important for me after moving on to a new country asked me to stop having contact. I was really sad about that, but I couldn't help it. Since I know that people come and go, all I care about is being nice to everybody. Love is something that always comes back. Anyways, for the New Year's Eve, that person started writing me again. I guess I'm a good friend after all 😅.
Nothing external will ever fulfill me
I guess everybody for this new year wrote a lot of goals to achieve. I think that's really important, I made that too. But listening to a podcast, I realized something: we should not stick to any goal. Chasing is not a good energy, and even if we get to make all the things we want, that will not fulfill our void. The only thing that will actually make us feel complete is self love and self awareness. Knowing that we can give love without expecting anything, and expressing love through our truest self, that's the best gift a human being can give to the world!
I hope this doesn't sound crazy and I also hope you liked this post. If any of this made you feel something, please just let me know ;)
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