What does it mean to live a life of quiet desperation? Vaclav Havel felt that he could remain silent only at the risk of, “Living a lie”, and destroying his inner being.
This is our choice when we become overwhelmed by our life circumstances. Going down into the depths of our souls will lead us back to a new reality of discovering who we are.
The discord is within us, if we do not understand this we will find a thousand ways of making people “out there” into the cause of our discourse. We become bitter and take it out on other people.
When we externalize our behavior toward people, which makes it easier to be the victim, we use people, manipulate, and hurt them instead of working to resolve our internal discourse. Once we accomplish this we become kind, compassionate, and loving toward people.
Why would anyone make this difficult and complicate their journey? On your inward and downward spiritual quest, the only way out is to work through our darkness. Positive thinking has its place in Recovery but not at the expense of being curious about our sadness, darkness, and anxiety. This is the place where an unfulfilled life becomes fulfilled.
Reflection:
“Because there is no way out of one’s inner life, so one had better get into it”. Anna Dillard
Superhuman Being
Peace
Larry
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