I love how subtle of an invitation this is to share in wisdom. These are the types of questions that spark the conversations that bring my life energy and meaning. Thank you for sharing this.
Just yesterday on a run with my friend I told him I was worried about a mutual friend. I lost contact with this particular group of friends for a couple of years. On return I loved seeing all the ways each friend had grown, all except one. He hadn't changed anything about his life, still telling the same stories and getting down on himself about life moving past him. To not have the agency and strength to change is to be left behind in a world that will never stop moving.
This is great read Erifili, and I'm with you on aiming for self-actualisation, being the highest and most brightest version of ourselves. Our egos dislike change, but our spiritual selves love it as it takes us into a higher energy and version of ourselves. Adding in friendship into the equation is a tricky one, as we naturally rely on community as a source of regularity and sustainability (ironically, I've just published a piece on the role of self-actualising/utilising our personal blueprint for the benefit of our community groups - in essence I argue it's for the highest good of all). If a friend sees that we've changed it makes them feel less secure, somehow. But the greatest friends move with us, not against us. It's in those moments we know who to keep close and those to let go.
Exactly. The simple actions everyone knows but avoids hold the real power. Consistency in those small, often uncomfortable steps separates talk from transformation.
Beyond honoured to have been part of this beautiful & thoughtful post. You are a true inspiration, and I am so beyond thankful for this friendship. Never stop growing (& glowing) my dear friend. 💛
Hi Erifili, this is a very commonly true and uniquely achieved perspective! We embark on the Metamorphosis with a set outcome imagination which gives butterflies in the stomach and a purpose that feels so of our own. As we progress towards it which paradoxically is going backward in some bits where a past thread calls, it does feel like it's not happening for us - which is exactly the moment where transformation happens wherein we give a new fragrance to the one which used to reek as an outlier in our true space. Thanks for sharing 👐🏻
> “what’s this period of your life teaching you?”
I love how subtle of an invitation this is to share in wisdom. These are the types of questions that spark the conversations that bring my life energy and meaning. Thank you for sharing this.
Just yesterday on a run with my friend I told him I was worried about a mutual friend. I lost contact with this particular group of friends for a couple of years. On return I loved seeing all the ways each friend had grown, all except one. He hadn't changed anything about his life, still telling the same stories and getting down on himself about life moving past him. To not have the agency and strength to change is to be left behind in a world that will never stop moving.
This is great read Erifili, and I'm with you on aiming for self-actualisation, being the highest and most brightest version of ourselves. Our egos dislike change, but our spiritual selves love it as it takes us into a higher energy and version of ourselves. Adding in friendship into the equation is a tricky one, as we naturally rely on community as a source of regularity and sustainability (ironically, I've just published a piece on the role of self-actualising/utilising our personal blueprint for the benefit of our community groups - in essence I argue it's for the highest good of all). If a friend sees that we've changed it makes them feel less secure, somehow. But the greatest friends move with us, not against us. It's in those moments we know who to keep close and those to let go.
Thank you for this comment! I love it. 🩵🩵
Keep moving forward; sometimes the unexpected steps lead to the biggest changes.
Exactly. The simple actions everyone knows but avoids hold the real power. Consistency in those small, often uncomfortable steps separates talk from transformation.
Beyond honoured to have been part of this beautiful & thoughtful post. You are a true inspiration, and I am so beyond thankful for this friendship. Never stop growing (& glowing) my dear friend. 💛
So grateful for you!!!
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Hi Erifili, this is a very commonly true and uniquely achieved perspective! We embark on the Metamorphosis with a set outcome imagination which gives butterflies in the stomach and a purpose that feels so of our own. As we progress towards it which paradoxically is going backward in some bits where a past thread calls, it does feel like it's not happening for us - which is exactly the moment where transformation happens wherein we give a new fragrance to the one which used to reek as an outlier in our true space. Thanks for sharing 👐🏻
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