Two paths
Bashayer • 23 Jun 2025 •
Understanding self only happens when you experience hardship but many of us avoid hardship because well, it’s hardship.
We are in a paradoxical situation. I believe it is one of the most probable reasons why many do not have high awareness.
It seems to me that we are to choose one of these two paths and both are taking us away from something we used to be. Nothing stays the same even if you want to stay the same.
We either become closer to reality, or something fragmented and not present, full of reactions and vague understanding of why we do what we do.
I live out my life with the belief that I don’t truly know how I would behave in any situation that I’ve not experienced, but I prepare myself to be the kind of person who would handle hardships well. It’s still very different to WANT to act a certain way and actually acting that way.
But beyond this, we can learn a lot about ourselves based on the choices we make, even before experiencing hardship.