Finally, almost not knowing how, this day finally arrives. Something in us wakes up to tell us that we are no longer old enough to be comfortable, that the half hugs are no longer valid, nor attempts without enthusiasm or moonless nights. Boundaries no longer have gaps to reach opportunities.
Jorge Luis Borges said in his epilogue? Complete works?That we are our past, our blood, all the books we read and all the people we know, however, we must add something to this list: we are also what we could not do. At the right time Are we those voids, those failed attempts in which you feel comfortable ?, one that weighs much more than the mistakes made.
- Convincing that trains always pass for those who know how to wait is little more than a sad mirage.
- Common phrase in self-help manuals.
- Events had their moment.
- Their magical opportunity.
- Which disappeared like smoke escaping through an open window.
- It will never happen again.
- However.
- With each new dawn new doors open through which colder winds penetrate and clearer spaces where we approach with renewed attitudes.
Before you tell us that, doesn’t my age allow me to do that anymore?Or “these things are not for me”, we must be able to abandon this sad melancholy to recover hunger, desire and pleasure to live with our hands full and our hearts illuminated.
We no longer have the patience to be alone or to show the beautiful sea that is in us to people who do not know how to swim, who do not understand the language of our waves. There comes a time when we hate the hustle and bustle of routine, because far from giving us safety, it seems like a sad winter where spring never comes and much less suggestive summer nights.
No matter how old we are in our identity card, it is the very heart that carries true youth, that still yearns for new experiences, new flavors. We want something, but how do we shape this vital need?about the line of our routine? This may seem a little contradictory, but sometimes we can turn our suffering or concerns into true allies to go beyond our security areas.
Many of us still think about the term?Comfort zone? As a relic of the motivational psychology of the 80s created by so much bibliography, however, this theory that began at first to discover the range of ambient temperature in which a person feels comfortable has shown something even more interesting: the human being is programmed to look for neutral spaces where he feels safe.
Realizing that our comfort zones have become small undoubtedly makes us want to push the boundaries of our fears in search of new opportunities, because sometimes embracing our concerns and sufferings is the only way to secure the foundations of progress.
Let’s visualize the course of our lives for a moment. You most likely did this by imagining a straight line, your past is on your back, with everything you have missed, with all your failed attempts and unexplored paths, on the other hand, hanging at the end of your nose and right at the inside. In front of you, without a doubt, the future opens, where all the opportunities for advancement mentioned above are.
Well, in fact, we shouldn’t think about our lives this way: the ideal is to visualize it in circles. Peter Stange is a famous scientist and systems engineer who defines our world and our existence as a beautiful system of connected circles. the shape of a mandala. They are circles that begin and end and, in turn, intertwine in a wonderful way, thus thinking about our lives certainly invites us to reflect on various topics.
The first idea that we must infer from this proposal is that yesterday’s missed opportunities, mistakes or failed attempts of the past are part of an already fulfilled cycle, to see that there is a beginning and an end of this cycle certainly invites us to start a new cycle with more solidity, wisdom and hope.
At this stage where you are now everything is possible: it is an open circle where you are again receptive to everything around you, the opportunities are many and obviously you know one thing: you will not be comfortable. lived in your past is not behind your back, but it commits you to serve as a reference, to remind you which doors do not deserve to be crossed and what thresholds you must cross safely.
Living is finally building a beautiful mandala in which everything is in motion. You choose the colors now, you don’t just create the happiness you want and dream of.