What You Think of Me Doesn’t Matter.

So many people use so much energy and a great deal of time (and money) trying to impress others.

Social media is a perfect example. People trying hard to post clever, witty posts screaming ‘look at me, I’m great!’ Sadly, women appear to be the leaders with constant pics of themselves in their new teeny weeny bathing suit, or new hairdo, extravagant make up and/or body ‘enhancements’. And the bling! Oh the excessive amount of jewellery and things to adorn the physical body.

It all kind of makes me laugh to be honest. Not unkindly, but because I’m primarily a ‘mind person’, I’m acutely aware that my body is simply a vehicle that allows me to function in the world and gives my brain somewhere to reside. Mind is everything, body is simply rotting flesh. From the day we appear on earth, our body begins deteriorating, but mind is endless. Mind is where the beauty lies and the magic happens.

It saddens me somewhat to observe how so many humans worship the physical form and pay little or no attention to the mind.

Of course it’s important to take good care of your physical body, but it’s even more important to take care of your magnificent mind. Mind is clarity, empty – until you put thoughts into it. There isn’t one thing in the world (or beyond) that hasn’t been named by a human. Try to think of something – it’s all named by mind – somewhere, at sometime in history, somebody named it.

So if Mind is so amazing and we get to choose whatever we want to put in it, why has the physical form become the object of worship and considered so almighty?

That’s called commerce. Somewhere along the way, eons ago, someone used their mind and discovered that if they presented an idea to others, people became interested and some took it on board and the same process has continued to grow, massively ever since. These days it mostly goes by the name selling or sales!

Think about it – what if you weren’t constantly told by clever marketing and the media that you had to look a certain way, or wear certain fashionable clothing, have a particular on trend hairstyle, be adorned with the latest, must have jewellery, dine out at the trendiest restaurant (being seen in all your finery is a must!) – what would you do? Who would you be? How would you live? Sadly, so many people’s lives are dominated by how they believe they ‘should’ be in order to measure up/please others, rather than how they would really like to be. Many have even forgotten, or don’t know who they’d like to be (and how they’d really like to live) as their beliefs are so influenced and indoctrinated by others.

Now of course there’s certain social ‘laws’ we need to abide by and we must always be respectful and do no harm to others, but if we examine our lifestyle and the choices we make, I guarantee there will be things (and possibly people) that can be let go of and healthier choices made.

What if you started making adjustments to your life, one step at a time, changing to how you’d honestly like to live rather than constantly living just to please others? Start meditating, write in a journal – Who Am I and How Do I Want to Live MY Life?

Begin now and in time, Every Day Gets Better. 😊💛