“You are never given the power to dream without the equivalent power to manifest that dream and make it your physical reality.”
-a wise soul
Manifestation
Success vs. Fulfillment
Success
is measured by others,
Fulfillment
is measured by ourselves.
Character
“Ernest Becker wrote that our fundamental character structure is a vital construct, a necessary fiction, a “story we tell ourselves about ourselves”. Essentially: mental health and personal meaning emerges from an autobiographical narrative that serves us and suffuses our lives with signification. A personal crisis is when the story you tell yourself about yourself is no longer serving you. We are storytelling animals and our very thoughts are structured by our self-narratives. Thus, mental health breakthroughs lie in understanding the importance of finessing our personal agency in crafting a story about ourselves that serves us, a personal mythology that allows us to show up in the world in service and grace. So go out there and craft your myth.”
-Jason Silva
Not For You
Why would I show all that I am to a person that wouldn’t even take the time to figure me out before?
If Only…
If Only…
Memories keep replaying in my mind.
I miss the moments, the love we could’ve shared.
I wish we could have had a little more time,
Because then you would have seen how much I cared.
No one can see that I’m slowly falling.
It gets lonely out here so please don’t go.
I smile at you like I wasn’t just bawling,
It’s hopeless this happy front is just for show.
I’d have all I need if only you chose me.
I want you, but I can’t wait forever.
I’m not going to beg down on my knees.
You will forget me but I will never.
So sure you felt the same, but I’m not sad.
How can you miss something that you never had?
My Little List
When my life was falling apart and all I could think about was how lonely I was and how everyone around me seemed so happy and in love, a dear friend of mine told me to every night before I fall asleep, take a second to write down a quality that I would want in a future partner, that way once I built this list I could start to look for these qualities in people I meet. He said that this list would help me to know when the person is right and worth my time.
I recommend doing this if you are feeling lonely, or you just feel stuck in terms of your love life. It is something simple, yet very reassuring. It’s a small act that gave me hope, and something I wanted to share with all of you. 😊
Pride Analysis
The invisibility of the cracks in the rocks foster the illusion of permanence—a false pride of perfection and durability. If the cracks were obvious, the rocks would appear imperfect, weak and at the mercy of the elements. The poem refers to a stubborn pride, impervious and unfeeling.
The poet is comparing this with the way that a person can be hurt and never show it; but their internal damage is such that at some later date they may suddenly crumble.
The poet chose a seal to catalyze the crack—the most natural and innocuous-seeming creatures, feelings, or things can have an effect when opposed to stubborn elements.
The poet thinks people are rock-like and that people must be adaptable or they, too, will break. Rocks in their motionless state seem safe and people sometimes stagnate under a similar illusion of security.
You have almost certainly known people who seemed to be able to deal with what life threw at them, but then suddenly and unexpectedly ‘went to pieces’. This is what the poem is talking about.
-a wise soul
Pride
I tell you, even rocks crack,
and not because of age.
For years they lie on thier backs
in the heat and the cold,
so many years,
it almost seems peaceful.
They dont move, so the cracks stay hidden.
A kind of pride.
Years pass over them, waiting.
Whoever is going to shatter them
Hasn’t come yet.
And so the moss flourishes, the seaweed Whips around,
the sea pushes through and rolls back—
The rocks seem motionless.
Till a little seal comes to rub against them,
comes and goes away.
And suddently the rock has an open wound.
I told you, when rocks break, it happens by surprise.
And people, too.
-Dahlia Ravikovitch
Waiting…
Hope's Corner 