Motivations and happiness.
Feb. 27th, 2004 12:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sobriqueOn a roll today. Catching up for the rest of the week at a guess :)
How do you feel?
Seriously.
Every word you speak, every choice you make, every thought that crosses your mind changes who you are.
Some are trivial, some are important.
And there's often no clear lines of right or wrong.
I've recently had to make a big decision for my life. (Choosing a job).
I think the most important thing I realised because of it is this:
It's not what you do, or say, or think. It's why.
Hate, Fear, Revenge, Anger. Chap named Yoda identified these as 'Dark Side' emotions.
The context was that a Jedi who used them for force powers, would turn evil.
Now that's a small snippet of Star Wars. The context is wider though. If you think something, or do something, or say something, out of anger, contempt, revenge or a whole host of other emotions, then you are lessened.
If you think with compassion, joy or love, then any action, even the same one as might have been done with anger, makes you more than you were.
I'm far from a religious sort, but perhaps that's a measure of 'soul'. It grows with each second we feel love. It shrinks with every negative thought.
Hate is a blinding emotion. Hatred obscures the world and distorts things. If you walk around angry, then you will see your emotions reflected. Everyone seems as fools, when you aren't prepared to share your understanding.
Conversely, compassion is not. It's an understanding emotion. No one is ever perfect. But look with the eyes of compassion, and maybe you'll realise that there is value and beauty in all things. In understanding there is wisdom. In caring there is harmony.
Today I am not the same person I was a month ago. I think I like the change.
How do you feel?
Seriously.
Every word you speak, every choice you make, every thought that crosses your mind changes who you are.
Some are trivial, some are important.
And there's often no clear lines of right or wrong.
I've recently had to make a big decision for my life. (Choosing a job).
I think the most important thing I realised because of it is this:
It's not what you do, or say, or think. It's why.
Hate, Fear, Revenge, Anger. Chap named Yoda identified these as 'Dark Side' emotions.
The context was that a Jedi who used them for force powers, would turn evil.
Now that's a small snippet of Star Wars. The context is wider though. If you think something, or do something, or say something, out of anger, contempt, revenge or a whole host of other emotions, then you are lessened.
If you think with compassion, joy or love, then any action, even the same one as might have been done with anger, makes you more than you were.
I'm far from a religious sort, but perhaps that's a measure of 'soul'. It grows with each second we feel love. It shrinks with every negative thought.
Hate is a blinding emotion. Hatred obscures the world and distorts things. If you walk around angry, then you will see your emotions reflected. Everyone seems as fools, when you aren't prepared to share your understanding.
Conversely, compassion is not. It's an understanding emotion. No one is ever perfect. But look with the eyes of compassion, and maybe you'll realise that there is value and beauty in all things. In understanding there is wisdom. In caring there is harmony.
Today I am not the same person I was a month ago. I think I like the change.
