#And believe me i've needed that reframing for so fucking long because so many many things just feel so meaningless and trivial and cheap to
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okay real talk, one of the most radical conscious thought framework shifts i went through in my early 20s was to understand that everything belongs. Everything and everyone belongs, exclusion doesn't exist, it's not a thing; there's no phenomenon/person/tool/invention/idea/mental paradigm that "doesn't belong anywhere" and "should not exist", and this approach is preceded by the knowledge that life and in continuation of that nature is an extremely intelligent, intricate and efficient ever-evolving mechanism that makes no superflous and/or irrelevant, useless "parts". If something exists it's because it has a use, nature wastes no time eliminating what serves no purpose. So the question never is about "whether something or someone belongs", everything belongs. The question is when, where, and in what form, to what degree.
The second radical thought framework shift i had was, everything makes sense and has a functional, elegant system to it. If you think something is nonsensical it's because you have a very surface level superficial view of it and/or you dont have all the parts yet, you need to dive deeper, look for nuance, be patient and keep an open minded and a curious attitude; wait the wilderness out. Some knowledge takes years to reveal itself, it does not mean that there's no intelligent design to it and that it's random. You're just not equipped with the right tools to understand it yet.
And now, roughly 2 months to my 32nd birthday comes the third thought framework shift: everything has meaning and significance and worth. Meaning is not something bestowed upon you by some invisible almighty powers, and it's not a guesswork. "is this a meaningful worthwhile activity?" irrelevant pointless question; what you could say instead is "everything is meaningful; i just have to figure out to whom, when, where and in what shape."
#And believe me i've needed that reframing for so fucking long because so many many things just feel so meaningless and trivial and cheap to#including activities that used to mean so much to me and now i barf at the idea of them#but i had to realise that meaning is not intrinsic and inherent; it is given.#and it is contextual. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#i feel like i lived a lifetime of other people determining for me what is meaningful and important and ''what matters''#including whether or not i as a person and everything i thought and felt had any importance and value#and over the years i have slowly claimed back my sense of importance and meaning from other people; i had to#it's not a life worth living if you constantly put your worth in the hands of people who have already decided you're worthless#but i think this shift was the final block in a long journey of rebulding myself#to understand that meaning is not a choice; it's a decision and a statement.#''does this has any purpose and meaning?'' was the wrong question to ask of myself. the right one is ''this has a purpose;#if not to you then gift it to someone else. and if you still have love for it then determine the shape and form of that love.''#Farimah talks#on philosophy#on psychology
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