For the longest time, I thought Life was a planned trip,
Complete with a travel itinerary and a tour guide.
Now I realize that my travels are more like
That Saturday when Cass and I
“Got Lost on Purpose.”
We drove through unfamiliar streets and hidden lanes.
We had no idea where we were going yet
We could consciously choose our path.
“Should we turn right? No – go left!
Let’s find what awaits us there.”
You see, we focus way too much on
Where we’re going and
How we look while going there,
When the secret to Life is in
Knowing how to steer,
Who you’re with, and
What you’ll do
Once you’ve arrived.
Any beginning is a worthwhile beginning to your journey.
Through your intention of searching,
You may discover as I have discovered,
That in the process of aiming for your destination,
The beauty of your path unfolds in magical ways.
The most important journey you can take is The Journey Unto Yourself.
You only have to connect with
The gifts that come your way every day,
Pay attention when a gift shows up,
And say “Yes” to invitations that resonate with you.
Sacredness is not in the show of miracles,
But in the subtle beauty of ordinary lives,
Including your own.
Image credit: Path by Rolve.
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The problem the western market civilization, is that to try to hide unconscious side of the man, because the solution to sicological problem must be quickly or intermediated by commercial drugs, this is the capitalism solution to mental problem, to make the mental problem a business for laboratoy.
I am not speaking about conspiration of pharm industry, I am not so naif, but finally there are not resource, foundation, to med research oriented on the oposite way to short terapy and drug prescription.
Your logic contains the clue to your statement:
“western market civilization”
“commercial”
and
“opposite way”
The goal of the market is to commercialize products, for the ultimate generation of revenue, which is what keeps any business operating in that market “alive”, and keeps all the employees within that business employed.
Why aren’t there more resources and research oriented to the “opposite way” to short-term solutions and quick fixes?
Because of at least 2 factors.
Factor 1: Most people who go to their doctors want to be fixed NOW. Take obesity and diabetes. People should focus on a healthy lifestyle, eat better, stop smoking, and exercise. That will control much of their health problems, and it’s free (if anything it saves them $ from buying cigarettes). Why do many patients go to doctors demanding cholesterol lowering medications so they can keep eating their cheeseburgers? Of course there are those who do all they can and they still need the medications – I’m not talking about those patients. I’m talking about the ones who aim for the pill so they don’t have to responsible for their bodies.
Factor 2: The “opposite way” will only be of commercial interest if it makes someone money or saves someone money. The reason why governments are interested in preventive medicine is because they can save money from hospital stays and prescription drugs that their citizens use. Not because they have this inherent “love” for their citizens, at least, I don’t believe it.
Those things you talk about – becoming more conscious as human beings, finding solutions to sociological problems – I believe those should be our individual responsibility as sentient human beings. If we give up this responsibility and beg for quick fixes so we don’t need to work as hard or face the truth of who we have become as people, then we have unstable grounds to blame other human beings for not solving our own problems.
Amen, sistah.