I came across this quote the other day it said "What screws us up most in life is the picture in our head of how it's supposed to be." That got me to thinking, (which I do quite often) how do we picture life? We all think that life is some great fairytale and right now were just waiting for our prince (or princess) to come sweep us off our feet and our evil stepmother will be beaten, the dragon will be slain, and will live in a castle happily ever after.
Life is definitely not a fairytale. I should know. My life has been somewhere between my prince rescuing me and me dying when it turns out it was just another disguise. (I like metaphors as well, if you haven't noticed.) In other words my life has been a constant up and down, one day great the other horrible.
What would our lives be like if we didn't have this 'fairytale' mindset? I know Another question. (I like those too.) Often times when I am trying to figure something out and I ask myself a question I'll have the answer already there, and my brain is like "Hello! answer here." Sorry bunny trail.
So what would life be like if we looked at the world for what it truly is? Well I'll take a minute and show you what it would look like if I was in fairytale mindset and real world mindset.
Fairytale: The world has nothing going wrong, there's no war, everyone has food, there's no homeless, my parents have jobs, my parents never got divorced, my dad/mom never left, etc. (You get the idea).
Real world: Life can be pretty messed up, There's war and are friends and family are gone fighing, your parents left, etc.
Okay so now that we have established what we want our lives to look like and what they really are, what are we going to do about it? Well we may not be able to save the world but we can definitely make it better.
How might you ask? Well we may not be able to stop a war or help get our parents back together, but there's other stuff that can help a lot of people. You could help out a homeless shelter or a food pantry, you could help your elderly neighbors, donate food for the hurricane victims or even volunteer to help with the hurricane relief team. Theres so much out there that we could be doing to help the world. yet we never do.
Okay challenge time. (Drum role): This week try to do something to help, it can be anyone. Even if it's just helping your mom do little things.
"I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday." -Eleanor Roosevelt
~Be who yUo aRe~
NerdJunky
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