My first GREY HAIRS!!
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27 years old, just submitted my PhD thesis after 4 1/2 years and I am at a place in my life where I have come to realise that I need to make a positive difference on this planet! I don’t know if it’s the stress of completing a PhD or the added years of life, but I have just recently noticed my first grey hairs!!
I have always associated grey hair with wisdom, so I guess you could say that my journey to developing great wisdom has begun!
Over the past year and a half, I have felt like I have entered a new life. A life where I don’t feel like a fit in with the ‘norm’. For example, I don’t understand why there is so much focus in society to have a big house (or to even own a house these days) or the focus on the type of car you drive (with the exception of tesla — better for the planet :))or why the price of your dress even matters or why having big butt muscles (commonly referred to as a bootie), big lips, big boobs, big other muscles ect... is so idealised to the point that people will torture themselves to attain these things?? How are these things even important in the big picture???
We as a society have built and designed systems for us to follow which have become almost unattainable in most cases and have lead to complete redirection from our purpose on this planet: LOVE. We have become so unattached to our true selves. How many times a day do you tell yourself that you love yourself??? It is the most awkward thing in the world to do at first…..go and see for yourself. Walk up to a mirror, look into your eyes and say I LOVE YOU xxxx ……SAY IT! and then say it again and again and again! and do it everyday! I myself to need to start doing it to. The first time I said I LOVE YOU Dana, it sounded so foreign. I don’t think I had ever told myself that I love me! I have told everyone else that I love them but not that I love me. This is the problem. Fear has become such a big driver of choice. We fear to be different, to not be accepted so we try and become something we are not, and we become detached from our true selves and we compare to everything and everyone else and forget who we are and how amazing we all are. We are all unique for a reason and we all have a unique passion and love which can do wonders for the planet, but most of us are distracted with the noise…the noise of the systems that society has created controlled by factors of fear.
I don’t understand how anyone can justify freedom with war, but only fear can convince people that killing is the only way for hope. Likewise, look at the situation regarding American politics. Why is it that we have two choices (Trump or Hilary) and neither choice is a good one, but we still have to choose one?? It’s not good enough that one is better than the other, when both are bad. What a stupid system, once again created by man, and once again fear appears to be the biggest driver keeping the people following the system. How has it become so hard to turn off the thinking mind and follow your intuition? Your intuition is your spirit, it listens to the universe and is filled with love.
How has it become acceptable to kill so many people, animals, destroy our oceans and forests for pieces of paper?? Yes, I know money is important and provides us with food and comfort. But destroying everything to this degree as we are seeing here today on this planet is not ok anymore and is frankly not sustainable anymore. This behaviour, again is run by fear and greed.
I have come to realise, that I don’t want to be one of those people that wait for the weekend and count down the days until Friday to finish work or one of those people that have to take holidays to get away from work, counting down the days to take the next annual leave.
I want to dedicate my life and time and effort into doing things that will make a positive change on this planet, to help increase awareness about the destruction of this planet and hopefully inspire more to follow their intuitions and do what they love every second of the day.
I will admit, I find myself at a constant battle in my mind between what I “should” be doing and focusing on according to society, and what I WANT to be doing.
I know, I love the water, I want to have a voice for those who don’t, the trees, the animals, the oceans. At the same time I feel overwhelmed….I know I want to make a positive difference on this planet, but where do I start??
With this blog, I am ‘doing’. As we have heard over and over again by anyone and everyone that is successful, you just need to do! Yes doing whatever it is with strategy is important, but if your like me and have been pondering and have been trying to strategies, but don’t really know how what, where, then your best bet is to just do. DO something that is 100% YOU and that has your heart 100% in it.
With this, I start my journey, trusting my self, my why, and my heart!
> Favourite must see movies/documentaries that recently opened up my eyes: #Racing extinction and #Cowspiracy
> My next to watch list: #Earthlings and #Forks and Knives
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