When people say “you’ve missed out on a good thing”, they are usually referring to a superficial layer of qualities. It will also come out as “I got my shit together.” It’s a false idea of someone having a few things going their way, mostly of the physical. This may come about as someone that has their own car, apartment/house and pays their own bills. In essence, it seems like they have everything going for themselves. This only speaks on surface of their livelihood. What about on a deeper, internal level? Often, surface level characteristics mask the guarded insecurities that are the root of negative thoughts. After all, the mind is the control mechanism that allows thoughts of satisfaction and accomplishment to manifest. Are you truly satisfied? Until the mind is satisfied those surface level qualities mean nothing.
Someone that
fully has their “shit together” is someone that is considered “whole”, a
combination of both physical and mental qualities that satisfy themselves
mentally to the point where they are at peace with themselves. This comes with you
accepting the good and the bad as part of life. You have to have a great
balance of your life’s outcomes, not taking blame or blaming others for things
that are out of your control, but taking responsibility for faults of your own
and affording meaningful contributions to society.
The formula to being
“whole” is simple, but complex due to dense layers of understanding. Then, transforming
your understanding of self into actions
includes continuous efforts towards self-satisfaction on both the physical and
mental levels. A conscious effort to understand yourself and reshape your
thoughts for the positive equals a “whole” individual. To realize or satisfy
your own talents and potential along with grounding your thinking to motivate
yourself for the greater good can be seen as self-actualization.
Self-actualization can lead you to not let anyone’s outside influence dictate
what satisfies your true needs and desires. Knowing your purpose and true
potential will detour you from floating down stream like drift wood, “going
with the flow”. Thoughts control behaviors; negative thoughts lead to negative
behaviors. If you are in tune with your true purpose of self you will be able
to deflect negative thoughts that detour you off the path of true satisfaction
and achievement.
A
continuous, fine tuning process is required in the journey of finding yourself
and becoming whole. A period of being selfish, finding out your true desires
and needs is always needed. Equip yourself with the cure of mental freedom by
honing in on what is really important and purposeful before masking it with
physical qualities that give off empty depictions of “success”.
-
K.A. Payne
U.S Navy Corpsman OEF veteran
Psychology Technician
