Broken & Unfixable

What has broken, can be fixed. But if it broke, is there a point/reason to fixing it in the first place?

So, I have been thinking about my life experiences and pondered on this “logic”. If I held onto something- a relationship, job, or physical objects- and I broke it, is it something that I needed in the first place? Or was it something that was a distraction for my life?

Throughout our lifetime, we have been told “what was broken can always be fixed”, yet we haven’t posed the question why. Why try to fix it? Why was it mine in the first place? Why should I take the time to fix it? Why was it worth it? I know, you’re probably thinking “because you can fix it to what you want it to be–customize it”!

So, again I pose this question, why is the inevitable stance that we take when something we like/love breaks is to automatically fix it? Maybe its “divine hope” that we can change what we cannot control, and that gives up some sort of control in our life.

I have had plenty of things in my life that have been broken (relationships probably be the number one), and my thought was to try to “work it out” or to “fix the broken pieces”. But as I’ve matured throughout the years, I’ve gain the defensive mechanism of if its broken, it is unfixable. Why? Because you start to exhaust yourself in believing that the things that happen in life, you must fix it to make things better.

Now, I would like to ask another question- why are we not looking internally instead, rather than trying to fix the external situation? Ah, now we may be getting somewhere. See, we tend to blame things on the external world, rather than looking at ourselves. What we need to realize is this- if something in your life becomes broken, now it is time to look into your own heart and figure out what was broken in the first place. You can fix yourself. You cannot fix the external world.

Since this thought process has become an everyday memorandum for me, I have been a better person for myself, not for the world. I trust myself more; I love myself more; I am comfortable with myself more; I am happier to be me, and not a product of the outside world. So, now that you know my thoughts, how will you look at yourself rather than a broken and unfixable fantasy?

What’s your favorite drink?

So, I’d like to take the time and ask- what is your favorite drink? Depicted in the picture is a Gin and Tonic with a slice of cucumber. Sounds weird?! Don’t knock it until you try it. It brings a sense of sophistication, class, and refreshment to drinking. 

Share your favorite drink or  concoction. 

Daily Prompt: Twinkle

via Daily Prompt: Twinkle

There is always another path to follow. Just follow the right path.

Hope. Anticipation. Lust. The things that we take and clutch onto when we have a “twinkle” of satisfaction of life going right.

Four months ago, I lost a job that I thought was the my career. All the hope, anticipation, and lust for success and a better life just walked out the door (more like ran). Was it my ambition to prove people wrong? Was it that I was too forward with people? Was it the location I was living? But losing my job didn’t just affect me personally. I was mentally, physically, spiritually, and socially burdened. Yeah I know- this is almost everyone else’s story who had traumatic situation in life they have had to experience.

But it wasn’t for that “twinkle” of clarity and tranquility that made me realize that I am not in control. I go around screaming, “I am the owner of my own destiny” or “Own your own fate” or, even better, “Don’t let fate defeat you, you defeat fate”. Life has a way of making you see the light, and what has always been in front of you. That twinkle of hope, anticipation, and lust isn’t something that you can find easily, but it is something that has always been there for you since day one.

So, tell me- will you reach out and grab that twinkle that has shined the right path this whole time? Or, will you continue to walk in the dark and misguide yourself?