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Totality

Love yourself first

By Alec FischmannPublished 7 years ago 2 min read
Instagram: @afflictioninfruition

•I’ve been awoken to this journey

To see things properly

Cast into this life

Where I only know my reality

Reflecting inward, I now see

What I once thought defined me

Were nothing but false idols

Holding me back from greatness

From whom I’m meant to be.

Reaching my totality•

AF

🌺 Recognizing real values, virtues, and what is important to the human experience is what it’s all about for totality, folks. 😊

It is so easy to get wrapped up in the distractions of life. Times when we know we might be wasting a little bit too much of our time or we might be acting in self-destructive ways, or we all together forget to focus on the important aspects of life such as being kind to others. We can all probably recall accounts where we forget what is truly important about life and act out ways for our own selfish human ways.

It is totally okay, so long as we keep that awareness of those moments handy and we recognize that everything happens for a reason. And there is a reason for everything if we assign it. We go through our ups and downs in life, our highs and lows, our yin and yang, so that we can learn, grow, and reflect on our victories as well as failures!

It is important to see and recognize our own bad characteristics and components first to begin being at peace with them and being more understanding, kind, and gentle with oneself.

It’s important to find balance in being selfish. Do what’s best for the self first but if/when the self is feeling good enough, give excess to others!

I believe that we essentially have a “level” of energy within all of us. When we feel flourishing and in abundance with positive energy, those seem to be the times that we feel inspired to share with others and give out that excess positive energy more willingly because I believe it is the self attempting to rebalance its energy. Similarly to having an abundance of negative energy within ourselves, I believe that too is when we feel compelled to spread it to others and put it out in the universe in order to rebalance our energy. So I feel it is important to recognize at what level (on a scale from -10 to 10) is my energy and assess how I am going to handle it, whether I choose to spread positivity or negativity or I deal with my negative energy through other channels that are less risky to impede on others happiness such as journaling, art, therapy, gym, running, music, etc.

Just be careful what energy is being given to the world by you.

Follow your happiness and if it is logically decided that something is not bringing you joy in life, assess if it’s really necessary to be in your life (or to what capacity/dynamic).

Let’s all be the best humans we can be to each other and hopefully all work towards reaching our own totality. May we all continue to grow more towards our true selves. 🙏🏼

inspirational

About the Creator

Alec Fischmann

I’m 24, male, trying my best to be my best, working on humaning, and I think I’m doing a decent job so far but I love feedback!🤙🏼 Awareness and consciousness are important to me right now so let’s figure out how to life together🙏🏼🕉🌺

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