Finding a Good Excuse not to Make Excuses

I look towards the purple and blue evening sky and wonder about how little we truly know about ourselves and about the world we live in. About where we come from and what is the true purpose of our existence. We cover our eyes and refuse to see anything other than the known, the comfortable, the safe. There may be comfort within safety. The recognition of a new day, which was the same as the day before, which was exactly the same as the one before that, is a terrible curse. It’s a freedom which people don’t even understand that they are missing. It’s a beautiful escape into the traps of time, perception and comprehension.

We hover around and around looking everywhere outwards just so we wouldn’t have to look inside. Just so we would be safe within the chains of the reality which is already rigged for us. It’s a conditioned society that bases its beliefs on a pre-made concept of life. It isn’t an organic model. It’s a continuation of a previous model. This way of thinking prevents our soul, our energies from connecting with the energy which our earth has as well as everything around us.

We live in a world where instant gratification is not only favored but it seems to be a must. Is it so wrong to want to have something that won’t be yet another quick release?  A quick release which when finished, it will just float away into the sky along with all those other clouds which have quickly invaded our skies only to drift off as quickly as they came. When did we become so impatient and so self-centered as a race? And I mean as a human race because all the other nonsense that has to do with race is only to make us be separated from each other. In reality we are all just one race, we are all human.

We use our race as an excuse when we do some messed up things to each other. For example, when you find out that your partner has cheated on you and you’re not completely done with them, even under the circumstances. The excuse that comes to mind is this; we’re only human. Yes. We are only human but we are also the same humans who create wonderful things and have the willpower strong enough to build architectural and scientific wonders, to resist oppression, to resist negative influences and ultimately to use our brain for more than just our basic animal needs. So why do we continue to use this excuse? We are only human…

We give ourselves excuses when we don’t behave in a way that is considered good or moral. We are also masters at making up an array of excuses for others when they are not behaving in a way that we want them to. The human mind is capable of so much but often times, sadly, the only thing that we use it for is to wage wars. Whether these are political wars or those daily wars which happen between families, friends, lovers and strangers. We go on about our day, in the bubble of our own worlds and expectations and fears. We think that we open up to others when in reality we just collide our worlds together and try to mesh them in a way that will function properly. But let’s be serious now, how often do we end up taking on someone else’s world, someone else’s fear of things which we are no longer afraid of?  How often do we wage a war on ourselves by accepting someone else’s fear and insecurities?

Much too often.

We cower behind status, behind clothes and makeup and behind the titles which we are assigned by our bosses at work. We do anything and everything in our power to avoid depth. We will continue to run around in circles looking outwards for the answers to the questions we haven’t even asked yet. Answers which we want to know but that we will do anything in order to avoid. It’s contra-intuitive but it goes like this. We have a problem, but even if the little intuition voice tells us how to fix it, we usually ignore it because well, the truth hurts, and it hurts because it usually requires an action which we are not comfortable with taking.

Now those of you who may be rolling your eyes now and feeling the need to disagree with what I am saying, well, you are free to do so, you have the right to disagree. In fact, you should question more things and not just go along with what someone tells you to do or how to behave. Now you should also exercise that same freedom and critically think about where you are right now in life. What sort of values do you follow and what do you expect out of people? Truly think about the things that you do, those things that maybe no one else knows about but those things that you could definitely do better.

Be the better person that you can be. Be the best version of yourself, without comparison to others as a marker.

Do the thing that feels right even if it goes against what those around you are doing. If you want to do something nice, don’t be shy about it. Our society has glorified bad boys and rebellious behaviors in a way that doing something kind can be looked at as not cool enough. Change that perception and change your world along with it. So maybe next time when you try to mash together your world with someone else’s, it will be a more harmonious existence which will be based on truth and kindness only.

                                                                          NAMASTE