the 48291719294710544 simple rules of life
did you know that if you drink dairy you will get acne and inflammation? If you eat sugar you will gain weight and lose energy, if you eat artificial sweeteners you will get cancer. If you drink your brain will slowly shrink. meat will clog your arteries. if you drink out of a plastic bottle you’ll kill yourself and the Earth. did you know Biden funded Israel? have you heard about people being held hostage in China? Inflation rates are still sky-high, there’s always something about a recession.
my brain hurts. everyday my mind is inunduated with all the things I should do to be healthy. the next day I hear all of those are false. the truth about current events is even more difficult to weed out.
a couple of years ago I was so overwhelmed I decided to drop out of society. I wouldn’t attest to that being a comprehensive solution to stress. I felt more anxious from the unknown.
my new solution is to listen, to soak it in, but give it to God. I do not have the answers, and neither does Fox News or CNN.
in 4th grade I was obsessed with the song, “Live Like You Were Dying” by Tim McGraw. “My Wish” by Rascall Flatts. I had read the Left Behind series as a 10-year old and I was terrified of the world ending, convinced that it would occur in my lifetime. honestly, I still have those inklings. But when I was 10, I was onto something. There is nothing I can do to change the course of the world. it’s all in God’s hands. I just need to live my life to its fullest, be present, and care for those around me.
I think school is what made me lose focus of a happy and healthy life. I spent my adolescence stressing intensely about what I was going to do, who I was going to be, how much money I had to make to be successful. I put so much pressure on myself.
now that I am here in the real world, I know I am not going change it. I can impact it of course, I can make changes in my own bubble. until this past year I had the mindset that I should sacrifice everything for a career, for money, for my name to be known. silly! now I understand what I truly want in life is happiness and peace, and time. sure, there are things I am working on. there I changes I want to see in the world. but now my mindset is I will do whatever God intends for me to do, I will listen to him and let his plan guide me. In the past I meddled far too much, and certainly did not open my mind to listen. right now I am listening. whatever comes my way is meant for me. I can do things to work towards whatever it is that I might want, but I know I will be safe regardless.
