There are no broken humans.
Nor are there perfect ones.
As we contemplate whether our cup is full or empty, we lose sight of whether we’re in a position to receive what is being offered, or if others are able to receive what we’re offering.
One of the biggest contributors towards misery and struggle is that we try to solve the wrong problems.
When we focus on how we feel about things, we lose sight of why we feel that way.
The same applies to how we feel about people.
When we honour those emotions without understanding where they truly stem from, we grow passionate about addressing those symptoms by claiming our rights, or demanding space, and so on.
That’s how we go about trying to solve the wrong problem.
The problem with that is that when we’re distracted by the symptoms of a problem, we forget that the real problem continues to fester, growing more intense and toxic as we lose ourselves to it’s symptoms.
Like looking for pleasurable distractions in an illicit relationship because we feel neglected by the partner that we have.
Or extending ourselves to help others while believing that our own family doesn’t deserve our efforts because they take us for granted.
We make such poor decisions when we’re distracted from why it is that others have such an impact on how we feel about ourselves.
Each act of ours that goes against our claimed values reveals a struggle within that is provoked by what we’re facing in life.
That’s when we need to look within, rather than blame others for our behaviour.
If not, we become the proverbial broken cup that can never be filled, because life will always feel like a struggle instead a pursuit of passion.
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
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