Living life

We have a life and we are to live it. That is something we all have in common - all the billions of us on this beautiful planet earth. However many ideas and inclinations we may have about the life we would like, there seems to be as many disturbances and blocks to that good and lovely life. Distractions seem to be rife.
We have this earth, our house, the surrounding city, town or countryside to see, feel , smell and touch - in short to experience with our senses and then we have the other - The other being the media - the unreal forms on the TV or computer screen. This false media driven thing should only complement our lives and not dominate our lives. For many it is a replacement for life. An addiction to many. A thing that numbs them to the gaping hole that is a life filled with unresolved emotional debris.
Our culture does little or nothing to help people clean up their emotional debris bit by bit as a way of life that is easy enough to do. So we are left with emotional debris piling up in unhealthy ways causing that backache, heartache, addictions, and over consumption of food which thus creates overweight people in an emotionally burdened world, that ends up wishing it could not feel, because feeling is too painful. So what is the answer? Is there one? Yes, there is an answer - Self-responsibility and follow that still small voice within that whispers to you what you would love to do - And do it!
Get with the program of the myriad of wonderful activities that are available to you - join an Art Class if you wish. Hire a therapist to help you wade through and heal that anger, fear, boredom or hatred you have lurking in your psyche.
Be true to yourself.

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