Pay Attention, Stand At Ease. Carry On... From Love NOT For Love.
Reassurance and words of affirmation move me. I’ll never tire of hearing warm words and being held in tender mutual care. I deeply appreciate conscious behaviors that provide that type of emotional connection but being overly considerate when your own core values are repeatedly violated isn’t healthy.
You’ll end up people pleasing, avoiding conflict, disregarding your boundaries and more. Stop considering everyone else for a second, and start considering yourself. Return to who you are and what you stand for and then normalize being ok if they like you and ok if they don't. The idea that we will be liked, validated, or approved of by everybody in life is delusional. Your vibe really does attract your tribe and like energy attracts like energy. Light hearted joy attracts light hearted joy whereas sad sack misery begets sad sack misery. Simply pay better attention and consciously practice remaining calm and not reacting to things that may trigger you, just observe it all and watch what happens. To accept and include does NOT mean to agree. Unless it is a direct and repeated violation of your own core. Then an immediate response like fuck off may be an appropriate. It is easy to discern what affect it has on your body, it is NOT about their intention, if you consciously listen and consciously receive and feel fully by simply feeling into the energy you receive. If it is not aligned, simply move on.
Our mental health, peace, and happiness are more important than other people’s acceptance, opinions, or perceptions of us. Remaining true to who you are comes before being liked. People pleasing, procrastination, perfectionism and counterfeit empathy without boundaries are four dangers to selling your own true nature out. A sustainable deeper intimacy is connected common sense and aligned core values, also known as "everyday ordinary consciousness". Who am I really before the world told me who to be?
Drop all that you are NOT and be the protected open hearted authentic you. Be From love not for love, cease the reaching, cease trying too hard to force a connection that is simply NOT genuine or mutual. Remain connected to your own true nature, BUT first you realize consciousness is your own true nature. The simplest thing on earth.
Simple, core, foundational, grounded, centred, unwavering, unchanging, consciousness.
Then once realized, chop wood, carry water, carry on. As you do.
Light hearted why so serious? Unless it is...