Whose perspective is it anyway...

The above memes were recently shared with me from a client curious to know my perspective. Before I commented we shared it on our Facebook group, The Hub, for those on there to chime in, and it created some great discussions.

I just love these types of conversations that explore how we perceive life, what we are able to see as we continue on our path of growth and evolution, a deepening into innate wisdom we shall go :-)

So here’s my take from this, and in all honesty, I’m not sure what will present as this isn’t a thought out response, it’s from a place of giving this space to see what lands on ‘paper’. So here goes...

You may have seen the first meme before; the person on the left feeling negative, the person on the right portrayed as happy. This latest revised meme is to say it’s about seeing things as they are, staying present and taking action. Let's explore the first meme...

I loved the different takes on this from the group; one person's take, we are seen as the happy person, but we can be this way overriding what is not wanted to be seen or felt. This is so true, we can absolutely elevate ourselves to not feel and create a great story of what we see so as to keep ‘above’ those unwanted feelings. 

Perhaps the person who is portrayed as sad isn't able to elevate and feels everything, and simply doesn’t know how to heal; instead feeling the overwhelm of life, the relentlessness beating them down.

This is to say...

One is not better than the other.

One spirals up, whilst the other spirals down.

In both cases there are challenges that will be experienced.

In both cases what’s called for is to address the feelings. Interestingly, and to note as as question, which one is more obvious, and therefore which one is more likely to be labelled as 'something wrong'... where both are in a similar avoidance. One might be a little more sophisticated at hiding, but is it really hidden? OK, I digress.


So now the revised meme…

Yes to seeing things as they are, however, does this actually go deep enough?

If someone comes to me ‘seeing things as they are’, great, but my question is always, ‘what are they feeling’? How is there life path unfolding? What are they not willing to see? What are they seeing that causes them to react, do they justify there reactions, what choices are they making to bypass certain situations. Are they being honest with where they are at, how are they treating others, how others are treating themselves, how are they caring for themselves, loving themselves, being honest, being decent, being respectful, being vulnerable, owning their behaviours, not allowing harm, not hiding out or withdrawing.

Perhaps where the driver in this meme is saying it's about being present and taking action, a sentence to following could say, ‘to live life aligned to my true self, in harmony, joy, truth, stillness... igniting and fully living my spunkiness and equally attending to anything that is not of these qualities, to own my part and to heal and return to my true amazing aligned purpose-filled life. :-)

I could write an entire chapter on this topic alone.. even a book! But for now I will summarise with this:

All I know is I have been both the sad and elevated person, I have been the driver, present and taking action. But that wasn't it.

All roads led me to the same place -  to continually look within, to align to my inner guidance, to continually be reviewing and refining (where there wasn't joy, harmony, truth, stillness and love), to getting guidance where I couldn’t see what was next, where I was stuck… to coming to the absolute knowing there is a way of life that is truly beautiful and enriching that we can return to within ourselves… and this is the ever-evolving deepening that just gets better and better as we do.

If you are sad, there is healing to do. If you are elevated, perhaps there's avoidance to explore. See things as they are by being present, and taking action suddenly holds so much more depth.

Thank you for prompting this share Soibhan, always love a juicy dive into the deeper offerings in life. 

With much love,
Lara