Take off those society-imposed blinders and see how your life can be different - better, happier and healthier, when you choose to live YOUR way and Right Now!
A slight turn of the head, and I have a whole new view of my world. Unshackling the ropes that have held my gaze tightly bound to only seeing one perspective, one possible outcome for life, one way to become truly happy and full of meaning. Now with the ropes loosened, my gaze is free to shift to the periphery, to shift away from the suffocating tiny box of a society imposed ‘perfect life’ – the handsome husband, the children, the house in a good neighborhood… even the quintessential white picket fence, showing off your all around perfectness.
Now I can see the potential of another path! A bright squiggly-lined path, that may still lead to a husband, children, a great place to live – but the ‘husband’ is my common law partner, or a best friend who I want to share my life with, the kids are adopted, and the place is rented or bartered for, and changes countries every few years. What if my life could be completely different, obtuse to the social norm – and what if that still made me happy and fulfilled? What if that even made me happier?! Maybe, just maybe, I would be even richer – perhaps not in money, but richer in experiences and living life to the fullest.
At the end of the day, what am I really saving money for? Why am I working the 9-5 job? My new wider perspective has shown me that I am often working for the ‘should haves’ society has ingrained in me. But what I really truly want is to travel, have fun, explore, learn, grow, and meet new people. So why am I so focused on this idealistic tiny boxed perspective of what life should be like – when what I really want might only require a slight turn of the head to see a new and wonderful path that I could be living Right Now!
I could be leaping in that new direction now, straying from the tight square of social norms and supposed ‘normality’, and dancing in circles and creating new paths for my life. Let’s face the facts, I will not be married with kids and the white picket fence by age 25, not even by 30… so why sit around being disappointed that I did not reach these goals, when I can shake off the blinders and see all the great things that I have accomplished and experiences that I can work towards. I DO have the freedom to travel wherever, no physical limitations, money saved up, no debt, no dependents (minus my adorable kitty, who has the advantage of many loving people who can watch and cuddle her in my absence), and a deep lust for travel and meeting new people! I have so much freedom right now, and I can finally see that I am wasting it on imaginary ‘should haves’, while shackled to a desk 9-5, Monday to Friday.
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