Cheers, wait, what?

 Happy new year, friends. We’ve made it through another year—congratulations everybody (confetti)! Question: what if you feel genuinely grateful that you are living your dream only to be informed that you aren’t living your dream? That another’s idea of what your dream should be—is The dream? I could take it with a grain of salt and appreciate the time and attention, or go on a desperate pursuit of achieving the “alternate” dream? I shall go with the former. I find that being easily influenced isn’t always beneficial and I have been known to be indecisive (which is supposedly a Libra trait). I have also learned that things that are meant to be tend to happen seamlessly and these things are often unexpected. Of course, we lose nothing by considering external information and when we listen to advice. We are able to make informed decisions that way.

In my life, I’ve realized that when you keep private the things that don’t need to be advertised (let’s say, your tax return—to exaggerate), the less interesting and open to meddling you become. I remember three topics of conversation to avoid as an ordinary person: money, politics, and religion; because you may inadvertently pick a fight, unless you are purposefully trying to pick a fight. 

Unfortunately, life circumstances aren’t cut-and-dried. If you are in a bad situation, self-righteous people will try to help (there are those who truly help, like missionaries) but with their nose up in the air because they know they are better and it makes them feel good about themselves. Conversely, if you are in a good situation, some folks will provide unsolicited advice which could simply be a way to agitate you and potentially lead you to a mistake. I know I sound very suspicious and cynical. How else did I become this persona that is closed off, socially undependable, a weird conversationalist (or “quiet”) if not based on experience? I have learned to bite my tongue. I know that in the past, there were occasions of a bad connection between my brain and my mouth and I blurt out cringe things. Do you ever have episodes of remembering things you once stated and your body feels shaky and you want to yell “yuck!?” This post is just a start-of-the-year self-assessment. Releasing mind garbage to make room for this year’s upcoming mind garbage. Thank you for indulging me, cheers.