David Henry Thoreau (1817 -1862)
๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ’๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?
๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ซ – ๐๐๐ง๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ฎ (๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐) – ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง.
Outdated it might be, simply referencing men, isn’t this true though, for too many?
Are you satisfied, or frustrated with the life you live?
Have you not been conditioned to, put up with it, to think yourself fortunate, because of what you’ve got?
Are you living up to society’s expectations, of what life is all about, and how it should be lived?
As it applauds, at least, to your face.
Unable to discuss, or being Unaware, of how you truly and deeply feel?
Do you laugh, smile, and battle through, in whatever way you know best, unsatisfied & unfulfilled?
Using anything at your disposal, often compulsively, to change the way you feel about yourself and life?
Doing this myself for years, while observing others.
Made It clear, I wasn’t alone, but once again, I’d taken it to the EXTREME.
All I understood, at the time, was my need to get away from my immediate problems.
To change the way I felt, asap, and move away from the opportunity, to execute my constant thinking.
Clearly, my methods lacked thought and awareness.
Reflection.
In reflection, it’s all very clear –
Understanding, I must address the way I perceived myself, and life.
Then begin to live in alignment, and changed everything.
It was only when I decided to change, & my thinking, did I make headway, in resolving the issues I’d faced.
To stop drinking, could only be a start, I’d always understood, alcohol was never the ISSUE.
My levels of compulsive behaviors had always been off the scale, there must have been reasons for it.
Nobody should be living in the continual cycle of negativity, compulsive behavior, upbeat, downbeat, & repeat.
It doesn’t have to be this way, not if you’re prepared to create a healthier relationship with yourself and life.
๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฒ – ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐
๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐. 