Do You See A Problem Here?
09.26.2012 I believe that the world needs more who are strong enough to be silent when there is already too much noise, brave enough to slow down as the world speeds up, and aware enough to examine their own resistance to these ideas.
How contradictory this is to most of our lives (including my own).
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We talk, talk, talk. Because so many others are talking, we talk louder to be heard. Of course, others do the same...and soon, we are all yelling at one another.
We learn efficiency and commend multi-tasking. Being "too busy" is a sign of success; having time to sit around on the couch, a sign of luxury or laziness.
Amidst all of this, we talk even more. We move faster, do faster, even rest faster.
Does anyone else feel uncomfortable with this?
Namaste.
Reader Comments (3)
It becomes overwhelming...you see it on talk shows, you see it on sports programmes that are doing halftimes and the "analysts" (tongue in cheek there...most of them have no clue, playing the sport doesn't mean you are an expert at analyzing it...but I digress!) are trying to outshout one another. I turn that off. I'm blessed (at times I don't see it but really I know it) to be married to a man who is not a talker or a shouter or someone who will interrupt to get his point across. I used to be that way -- talk, talk, talk until I realized...other people have important things to say as well. So listen. Stop talking so you can hear. What a difference it makes.
My Facebook was hacked. You know this. What's sad is that I elected to re-add very few family members, because they are the worst offenders. I am an empath. I soak up negativity like a sponge, then when the sponge gets full, I sloppily fling myself about, often hitting others with the negativity I soaked up.
Empaths have to practice shielding. Logically, I know this; in reality, I stink at doing it. But not doing it means I'm hurting myself and the people I love the most in this world -- my husband and kids. I've decided that shielding myself from perpetually negative energy-sharers means I love me. It means I love others (including the aforementioned negative folk) enough that I don't want to perpetuate the cycle.
I do try to listen. But I stop when a disagreement over an impersonal topic becomes personal (which usually means a personal attack).
As for being busy? That one's more difficult to tackle when you're fighting the societal norms you mention. Sometimes, you have to put something on hold, and you have to tell yourself that it's OK. As within, so without.
Oh, yes, I'm unsettled by all of this too. The faster things become, the more I want to slow down, not move faster along with the bandwagon! For nearly a week I gave myself permission not to blog. Having a weekend away with my husband and us having fun time was more important than anything else. I love blogging. But allowing myself to be silent at my own space was rather liberating! There are all kinds of Slow Movements... but there still seems so much buzz about busy-busy. We need more SLOW! :o) Great to catch up with you! Having been offline a few days, I'm just now surfacing! Happy Weekend, Lisa ((HUGS))