KISS BLOG IDEAS: WEEK #181/ The important thing is first: my personal GPS 🧭

8 days ago (Edited)

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Perhaps the Borgesian image of the labyrinth is the most appropriate when we talk about the interests and feelings of an adolescent, but as that human being navigates their inner world, between certainty and doubt, their true self begins to emerge, and they discover possible exits from that personal labyrinth that is life. I have no doubt that as I have delved into certain depths, as I have undertaken my own journey and matured, my priorities have changed: what was fundamental to me 20 years ago, under a new perspective, is now simply at the bottom of the list or just crossed out, fading into oblivion. What I mean by this is that the priorities I have today may not necessarily be the same in 10 years. Nevertheless, it will be interesting to select three, not 4 or 10, vital purposes for me at this moment.

At this stage of my life, it is a priority for me to optimize my relationship with my loved ones, to be with them, with my family. We have gone through a very intense experience that made us reorganize around ourselves, to support each other, to sustain one another. This restructuring made us weigh and value our role within the family nucleus. Just as someone who wants to return to the womb to shield themselves from the outside, the members of my family have returned to the family nucleus to lick our wounds and rebuild ourselves.

Another priority is my inner peace. That state of internal and external harmony is my great purpose, and I try to ensure that nothing shatters that state, which has been so hard for me to achieve. At this moment, I do not engage in useless arguments, I am not where I do not want to be nor with whom I do not want to be, I keep silent, close my eyes, breathe, and walk without hurry. I try, a huge verb, to turn down the volume on anxiety, pessimism, and all those internal noises that pull me away from my center and prevent me from living in the present.

And finally, I do what ignites my soul. I have long understood that when we do something with passion, it is more likely that we will succeed or at least feel more enthusiastic about the process. Passion is the engine of action, the beginning of the possible. Doing things just for the sake of doing them is a candle that slowly burns itself out and consumes us. So, I like to be and do what I love, what inspires me, what nourishes me, and makes me happy. I don't want to exhaust myself stoking fires that will never become sparks.

I have read many times that when everything fails, priorities hold, giving us the inner strength to overcome trials. In these three and other priorities I have found the drive to move forward, to keep going...despite everything