Mantra Monday XXII: 7 Billion People, 7 Billion Ways to Live
Author: Joe Lizz
There are over 7 billion people on Earth right now — 7 BILLION. And just like every single one of us is uniquely different, every single one of our lives is also different.
7 billion people, 7 billion ways to live.
It can be hard as humans to be open-minded to this concept. So often we have a “my way or the highway” mentality; if someone isn’t doing what we would do (or what we think they should be doing) they are incorrect and there’s nothing else to it.
Although the way they choose to live their life may be the incorrect way for you to live yours, that by no means makes it an incorrect way to be living.
The age old saying,“if you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything at all,” still applies in adulthood.
It’s easy to tell someone they’re wrong, to pick them apart, to jump on social media and try to belittle and dehumanize them because you’re jealous or angry.
It takes a lot of compassion, empathy, and strength to think: “that’s not how I would choose to live my life, but because it’s not my life to live, it’s not my life to judge.”
A few years ago, I remember having a conversation with my mother and during it she said something along the lines of: “as long as what you’re doing isn’t hurting you or someone else, and isn’t illegal, it’s not my place to tell you how to live your life.”
(Can someone please call her and tell her to say it louder for the people in the back?)
You don’t have to agree with someone else’s choices. You don’t have to agree with their beliefs or how they present themselves. But as a human, you should respect other humans.
We should spend less time trying to tell other people how to live their best lives and start spending more time making sure we are devoting energy to our own lives.
And at the end of the day, is what someone else is doing really impacting you beyond your allowing it to make you a toxic person? If the answer is no, let that “ish” go.
We all come to this moment from very different spaces in life, having walked different paths and lived different experiences to get here. Where we go from here will also include different spaces along different paths.
My life is not your life, your life is not my life, and both ways of living are magic.
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