Ambition vs. Contentment: A Creative Dilemma for Life
Ambition can be a trap. If we lose our happiness because of our lack of fame or attention, we may have lost our purpose.
Ambition can be a trap. If we lose our happiness because of our lack of fame or attention, we may have lost our purpose.
A MNDFL MFKR tries the path of peace until his peace or safety is threatened. Then, watch out. Time to unleash the MFKR.
Pay attention to your mind. When the monkey mind jumps into gear, try and find a moment to observe your thinking, as if you are an observer. Then decide: do I want to continue this runaway train of thought, or should I focus on something that I can actually have an effect on?
A few good INHALE and EXHALE moments, can really bring the pause back into my life. From the pause I can examine several things.
Don't let a single idea pass unnoticed. If you can capture the essence of the idea in some form, some shorthand version of your vision, then capture it. If you can stop everything else you are doing and allow the creative gift to come through you, do it. Stop. Listen. Create.
Here's a rough Radiohead cover song of All I Need.