Consumed By Our Ideas vs. What We Actually Need in Life
⁘ “How thin the connection between what we have, what is, and our happiness and satisfaction. It has more to do with our ideas than what actually is. Chasing the attainment of ideas for satisfaction — an ever-moving goalpost. We're in a never-ending tunnel. Endless dead ends — and then the chase for another thing. Let's consider: Wants versus needs. We're consumed by our worries over ideas — and the ideas absorbed from others. Can anyone ever reach such a happy goal?”
Have you considered,
how thin the connection is
between what you have, what is,
and how happy and satisfied you feel?
Typically, it has much more to do
with our perceptions and our ideas
than what actually is the real state of affairs.
When you're chasing ideas, their attainment
a condition for your satisfaction,
it's an ever-moving goalpost.
You are in a tunnel.
A never ending tunnel at that,
with only a dead end in the end,
when you realize this wasn't it.
Then you chase for another thing.
Let's revisit the basics.
Wants versus needs.
Again, our happiness and satisfaction
is corroded by our ideas.
We are consumed by our worries over ideas.
So there you have your own ideas,
your own perceptions of what you should have
in order to be at ease, at peace, satisfied.
Beyond that, we absorb narratives
from the world, from others.
You should have this, you should have that,
otherwise it's not good enough.
And that, my friend, is obviously a black hole
with a mouth wider than the universe.