I used to believe that we’re very much shaped by the environments we grow up in. The people we’re to become largely relies on the experiences and people around us. But I’ve found that it’s so much more than that, as in an instantaneous type of way. Each place or setting that we put ourselves into, we become. Where ever we are and whoever we’re with; that’s what we are. If we don’t naturally become a part of it, that is how unwarranted distress can easily occur.
We all have friend groups, we have individual friends, we have family, extended family and so on. The ways in which we behave and feel around each of these groups can vary depending on comfortability and place. Think of the last time you were at a party of with in a group setting where you weren’t feeling it. You wanted to be at home with your comforts or just outside, away from everybody. Yet there you were sulking until the night’s end. This is what happens when we put ourselves into places that we don’t necessarily want to be and additionally, don’t make the most of it. When you’re in a place, yet so psychologically retreated from it, no good thing is bound to happen.
In another sense, once among nature there are no worries. That is because nature does not worry. Nature just is, it blows in the wind, it moves down stream, it grows and erodes overtime with no complaint. While we’re within that environment, we do just the same. What we see it what we are in that respect, and that’s why it makes us feel good about where we’re at.
It’s a similar deal when we’re at a concert and we dance. Because the uplifting energy of the music, the band, and the people around us lends itself to dancing. Notice there are some concerts where people don’t dance, the energy may not be great for one reason or another, but it is entirely possibly for one individual in the crowd to spark the moment and give it all they got; to transform the energy of the crowd, the band, and the music they play. This I turn transforms the entire environment into what’s its meant to be.
We also become our environment in the sense that if we’re in a broken household we’re more susceptible to be a broken person. It is only when when taking the big step to leave on toward something better and new that we find this broken state is not really our permanent self. Through discovering new places and people that are healthy to the mind, that is when we quickly begin to heal and become anew. When we’re in a tidy and bright household, with supportive parents, and inspiring objects, art, equipment, it is possible to become so much more at an earlier age. It is for this reason that those of the former household must work so much harder, whether that’s through
There are many people in the world that are in so called “soul crushing” jobs. Well, that is because they become their job. If the job does not speak to you, it has no place in your life. The job is not meant to be. There are so many opportunities, ways to live in this day in age, yet we only see the reality of what is directly in front of us, so anything else seems impossible. We create excuses for why it might not work out for us.
Again, we become our environment naturally. We adapt in the ways that we need to. It’s human nature at it’s core. In this sense, anything you begin, anything that you desire to achieve is possible. Don’t allow fears to hold you back, because fear is simply the back side of something better. Climb the mountain, get around the wall, dig the trench, crawl through the dirt. Do what you need to do in order to be on the other side of fear.
So, when you think of what you’d like to be or how you want your life to look, it is firstly important to look at your surroundings. The room you spend your time in. Is is tidy or a mess? Does it inspire you or make you upset? The food in your refrigerator, what does it say?
The people you spend most your time with. There is no problem with the people, but if you are constantly wishing for something else, something more, you won’t find it here. You can’t change people, you can only change your environment, thus changing yourself and the path that you’re on.
You are what surrounds you, so surround yourself with what you’d like to be. Embrace what you have, with the tools at your ready. You can create something amazing so long as you become a part of that which is intrinsically beautiful.
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