I dismiss my self-worth based on actions, ideas, and words of others. I’ve been living their narrative, not mine. There should be a threshold for repeating mistakes. The threshold to break the pattern of destructive behaviors. No one should have this much power over you. Yet we are addicts of each other. Craving the fix at any cost. Even the cost of you.
This is not good enough. For who? Comparing again? Trying to jump higher? What impossible standards have you set for yourself now? Have you lost the sight of that tiny spark of life that made you do things in the first place? A mixture of curiosity, playfulness, and passion. Someone will find value in it or appreciate it, or not. So what? Doesn’t matter.
I wish you saw me for who I was. They never will. We see the world and each other through a prism of our own being. No one can experience you the way you experience yourself. Perhaps, the way someone sees you is more telling about them than you. It doesn’t change your reality or who you are. Do not trust the distorted reflection positive or negative in them. Be your own person regardless.
Refocus. Breathe in deeply the scent of the salt and the bleeding green in the air. Feel the breeze in your hair. Smile at another human being. Now is the time. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Now no one can take away from you nor you. Breathe out the negativity, frustration, sadness, and anger. Build up instead of tearing down. Notice the urge to fight the healing. Those daggers of worthlessness aimed at yourself. Here a shield for your own protection. All will be fine. Nothing is lost. Go and play! Sandbox size of the world is waiting for you!
This is not good enough. For who? Comparing again? Trying to jump higher? What impossible standards have you set for yourself now? Have you lost the sight of that tiny spark of life that made you do things in the first place? A mixture of curiosity, playfulness, and passion. Someone will find value in it or appreciate it, or not. So what? Doesn’t matter.
I wish you saw me for who I was. They never will. We see the world and each other through a prism of our own being. No one can experience you the way you experience yourself. Perhaps, the way someone sees you is more telling about them than you. It doesn’t change your reality or who you are. Do not trust the distorted reflection positive or negative in them. Be your own person regardless.
Refocus. Breathe in deeply the scent of the salt and the bleeding green in the air. Feel the breeze in your hair. Smile at another human being. Now is the time. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Now no one can take away from you nor you. Breathe out the negativity, frustration, sadness, and anger. Build up instead of tearing down. Notice the urge to fight the healing. Those daggers of worthlessness aimed at yourself. Here a shield for your own protection. All will be fine. Nothing is lost. Go and play! Sandbox size of the world is waiting for you!
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I'm absolutely in love with the third photo. They're all beautiful but the third... wow. It's just... woah! I love it so much! The petals are there and they are the focus, not the whole flower, it's just those few petals, and they're just surrounded in this dreamy sea of unfocus... it is like a dream, it really is. It is one of my favourite photos you've ever shared.
This is one of my favourite concepts to ponder and the prism analogy is a really fun way to visualise it. As we've discussed before, I'm absolutely fascinated at this concept of self that only we ourselves will ever truly understand.
This is so, so powerful and beautiful. In retrospect, I actually think these words may have subconsciously inspired me to help someone in need earlier today, only like half an hour after I read this. You know, the "smile at another human being" part, I think it must have stuck with me somehow.
So in other words... the world is our playground, right?
It actually was one of the first ones and I was like oh interesting effect! :)
Do we really truly understand ourselves though? Because if I have to speak for myself I know that half of the time I don't really know what is happening until I've processed and processing takes a lot of time for me. Even when I have processed stuff, I still don't know fully what kind of alien I am xD
Aaaa. I am glad you helped someone! That is pretty cool!
Exactly and there are so many fun things to do in this playground. How could anyone get bored?
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I was moved by the elegance in your wording, and the magical beauty of the imagery presented in this post. "No one can experience you the way you experience yourself. Perhaps, the way someone sees you is more telling about them than you." Very true words, and experiencing yourself with some cake in the moment is always a bonus, so we just baked some up for you! Great job on this post m31!
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Thank you so much @futuremind! That is very kind of you! Specially for me as non native speaker it is really nice to hear my wording moved you. Thank you!
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I wouldn't have guessed you were not a native speaker, not in a million years!
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All will be fine, refocus, refreshed, redetermined is all what is needed, truly nothing is lost
Thank you for stopping by @adenijiadeshina! Sometimes we all need to sit down and write down what we need to hear ourselves the most, you know? :)
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Hi, @m31. how are you? I had time without visiting you. I've been a little full, I'll be able to comment again. How is your work?
When you live through others, you lose your essence. You can not let your life be controlled by others, live to the maximum what you want, what you long for, what you really are, as long as it does not hurt anyone, everything is valid. No one will expect anything good from you, better than yourself. Others generally see the negative and rarely see what is good or positive in one.
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Hi, and thank You for the photographies, they are pretty cool and I really like them, but what really got me here were Your words..
A reminder to keep at peace with myself and continue whatever I must do while alive in this earth..So, Thank You very much, have an awesome day,Cy
BEAUTIFUL writing and photography! Missed checking out your profile <3