On one of my life events, I was given a card that I proudly embraced to display on my fridge for years. This card followed me to every home that opened its arms to me. Albert Camus uttered these words that were printed on the front, “Live to the point of tears.”
Again, our minds are fascinating. We do really have the power to make ourselves miserable and stay the same. Anytime there is something new, in the form of a wish or a dream we want to do, the mind has a funny way of making excuses; thinking things that can and will go wrong. It likes safety. It is a language of seeking comfort. It is wired within us to protect us from predators or what we perceive as predators. These predators, are they real? For example, we have visualized and welled up in tears seeing an ad campaign done by our dream brand agency. We say we dream of working for a brand agency that respects and celebrates a richness of culture and differences but somewhere along the way, we have created a thought in our mind that we aren’t good enough to be part of that.
First of all, before I move further into this, I am grateful for my friends and family who come to my life to help me tap into my self and explore what it is that is causing me to talk myself out of making my dreams come true. We are not an island. People we surround ourselves with make an impression too. Our primary role is to work on ourselves first. Why? So that we can increase our experience expanding beyond our physical bodies we call ourselves. We get clear. Emotions are powerful tools if we want to make it. We can use it to clean and wipe the slate clean when we want ton.
What we wish for has more impact than we realize. Emotions play a role in this power. Some feelings are easy to feel because it feels good and makes us happy and some we want to ignore, numb it, push away (however you want to call it) because it’s difficult and painful. Little do we know that the more we practice this pushing away or ignoring, the more and more powerful this emotion plays in our lives. It is a habit of mind, heart, and soul that has enormous power to build or destroy. Many times we are not aware of it because we have done it long enough that we have become used to it and it has become routine; accepted. Many times we follow these emotions since they are viewed as corrupt and good; judging them, we become stuck and stop growing. How many times have you thought of something you want to do, and it happened? Whether you wanted it or not, it still happened. Has this been an experience for you?
When I think of the Camus quote of living the life of tears, I see the power of acknowledging all of the emotions, joyful or painful; breathing and being grateful for the awareness and releasing it peacefully. There is resistance because there is fear. Fear seeks comfort and protection. We often overlook the power of self-care, kindness, compassion, and non-judgment. When we give love to ourselves and see the fear and let the emotions flow out of us, sometimes we may find ourselves in tears. These are opportunities to give love back to you and open the hand to stop hanging onto fear. Here lie the possibilities to manifest dreams. See how it feels. All power to you, friend. A song by Mereba helped inspire this reflection as well as experience with my beloved family. I love them so much. Rock this world. Be joy, YOU! You have the power. Much love.