In my life, there has been a very important component to anything I have successfully done. When I’ve looked at the lives of other people, I see how that same component affected them, as well.
It isn’t education, or a specific background, or getting into a specific field, or IQ. It has been about the momentum building up to whatever I wanted, at that time.
It has been about how I spent my time. How I thought. The way I spoke. When my happiness was involved with my curiosities and wants, everything flowed, naturally. I don’t think the internal part to this, like the way we feel and think about our activities, can or should be forced (like I see with a lot of primary school and high school activities).
So what is the uphill climb?
It’s the external junk and the self-sabotage talk or thinking (you talking/thinking yourself out of what you really want). The external junk may be the people around you, finances, learning how to organize your day, etc. I think the majority of us have moments when we realize that if we want something totally different then, we have to create a totally different life. We have to hear and trust intuition. That’s a practice and it can feel like an uphill climb with the weight of the world on your shoulders. It can take some time to clear out our lives of this junk and, for most of us ( or all of us), getting help from other people is essential.
That uphill climb can also involve the ability to hear yourself and, not the voice of someone else’s wishes, for you. Do you know that some people really struggle to know what makes them happy? I have seen that the way we feel impacts what we do and how well we do it. This may sound obvious but, when you consider the mood most of us function within on a regular basis, it would seem that we may not always be very conscious of the way we impact the everyday details.That builds a momentum. All of our little worlds are building a bigger momentum.
For some of us, that little voice inside has a very low volume but, it’s still there waiting for you to practice turning up the volume! Be careful that you are not turning up someone else’s desires- it can be tricky to hear yourself, if you don’t allow yourself those peaceful silent moments, to just tap into yourself. I’m not pushing meditation (or, am I?) I am just saying be clear and know the differences between your dreams and your desire to please/”fix”/help other people. For example, giving in to “keep the peace”, etc.
Don’t forget, there is a tipping point!
Forward motion to our desired lives can lead to forks in the road- that point where a choice has to be made. “Do I reap the benefit of momentum or do I get scared and fall back to what I know (the easy, familiar choice)?”
One of the issues with education on any level is, that it teaches a lot of facts but, it doesn’t teach preparation or how to tune into your true happiness- education isn’t even designed to do anything like that…I know so many people with advanced degrees who chose not to work in their field because, they did not enjoy what they studied. Or, they didn’t like what they studied enough to be very focused on the details. They wanted to spend time doing literally anything else. This is another reason why HAPPINESS is such a major part of momentum. What is the momentum you are building, if you are in a down state of mind, on a regular basis?
There is a dark side to Momentum and other ways to apply Momentum
Momentum can be fueled by fear. We can be chained by the possible outcomes we think might happen. We start behaving a certain way, speaking a certain way,causing more fear in our circle. Have you ever noticed how emotions seem contagious? I think about this emotional contagion when celebrities die. A celebrity or politician may be forgotten while they are alive. Then, they die and suddenly people care about them. “This person was such an honorable, good person.” “The world has suffered a loss,today.” Yet, no one is really able to answer questions about who this person truly was or did…I have seen normal people cry while watching the funeral of someone they didn’t know, on TV. I have even seen viewers begin to talk like they knew these people personally. Emotions are contagious. That contributes to momentum because, it impacts what we perceive as real, in our lives. That can be very dangerous. Or,useful to a very small group of people… examples of Momentum can be seen in major historical events (the light and dark events).
If you have studied psychology or political science, or marketing or history or, if you are prone to watch people, then you can see how an environment is often created or used for an advantage. Messages are spread. Some people use the word, propaganda, but that word can trigger people. I won’t use that word. I will say, the gossipers we have in our families aren’t the only ones creating a vibe, planting seeds of thought and rallying people up… There are people who have attempted to answer questions like “How could Hitler have come to power?” Usually, historians will list a number of factors occurring at the time- people were facing economic depression and, among some other things there was already controversy involving WW1. At the same time, Hitler was getting to know people. Supposedly, he wasn’t very popular, in the beginning. He began to present himself as a “moral” man. Suddenly, he seemed to be able to appeal to people (that weird and illogical emotional contagion was already spreading). He seemed to have answers for people who were already upset. Momentum was built in an environment that was vulnerable. This might seem like an over simplification but, there are many contributions to building momentum. It’s important to not get lost in all of the details and emotions. Otherwise, we get lost in debate rather than seeing the bigger picture-
When you are accustomed to observing momentum, you see the details of it building in different ways, for different agendas. We don’t always speak up because, we don’t want to be the “weird one”. Yet, aren’t we tired of the “How could this have happened?” B.S. question these days.
Momentum.
We are too awesome and numerous for just anything to happen mysteriously.
- Do what makes you truly happy.
- Tend to the details that create the intended momentum for your awesome life.
- Be a voice lighting dark momentum. Speak up.