Unrest, uneasiness means “desassossego” in Portuguese.
A constant feeling, when you can’t agree with all the structures and systems around you. When you know, just inside you, we can do more, we can be more, we can be better and live in a better way.
Let me ask a question here. If you right now can have one wish realized, just for yourself, with one will be? What do you want to get right now? Just make your wish before continue reading this.
Do you know that constantly search about who we are, and who we can be?
Why we are constantly fighting for more, just to satisfy our ego, our wishes, our needs? What we really need? More money, more space, more “status”? A bigger house, a better car?
This is all our “ego” needs - not our really needs. I don’t know any human who doesn’t need a safe place to live, healthy food and water, some peace, happy and love in their hearts.
So, why we pretend “things” are more important to us then the way we feel? If you feel right, and happy, full of hope and love, you won’t care about money, cars, houses or “things”.
When you are sharing some time with your people, your friends, laughing and talking, you are not worried about problems and situations you may have to solve. You are just “enjoying” your life, your time in this world. In these moments, you are just being yourself.
And it’s so hard “just be yourself” when you are worried… worried about your financial problems, work, health, family, etc. In these times, you try to have a strong and acceptable behavior, to “inspire” others to respect you, accept you, and give to you what you need. Maybe a job promotion, maybe a loan, or just better serve you in a hospital, shop, bank, etc.
You try to “convince” them you worth their trust, to make them get a nice behavior with you.
But do you trust them, being exactly who you are? Showing them why you may be worried, why you need them for?
Probably don’t. Why?
Why we can’t show we are vulnerable sometimes, our weaknesses, our fears?
We learn in all our lives we have to be competitive, better than the others to deserve more than the others. To get better opportunities, we have to be the best one in our jobs, in our class, in our life.
Recognize that you may not ever get all the answers, shows that you are incompetent in something. Why’s that?
Everyone knows it’s impossible to know everything. Everyone knows we can fail sometimes, and we will sooner or later make some mistakes. Everyone knows we aren’t machines, that we have feelings, problems, etc. So, why we can't show all that?
Show us like we really are, like we are really feeling, thinking, wanting?
When you recognize you have some weaknesses, it’s easy to accept the other ones weaknesses too.
When you learn how to love yourself, it’s easier to love the others, and just accept them the way they are.
You stop try to change yourself, and stop trying to change the others around you.
Imagine that… to live like that. Without trying to “convince” anyone that you “deserve” something.
And now, if you can make your wish again, what do you want to ask for?
