![]() ![]() How painful and lonely must be the discord between the real experience of emptiness and the image of fullness that we feel we must display to the world. What is the cost to us of creating a public persona that is all about the positive? Success. How do we as a society and as individuals stop hiding behind masks of perfect Facebook-worthy lives? How do we acknowledge our humanity to others in a vulnerable way? How do we create the space for others to share what's not perfect in their lives? ![]() ![]() There is still too much shame around mental health issues. Who are the people that we can reach out to help us when we feel despair? Who are the people in our lives we can reach out to, to be of help? What are the signs we need to be aware of? Suicide rates have increased by 25% in the last 20 years. As we go about pursuing dreams important to us, what are the just-beneath-the-surface moments of emptiness we feel? What is the emptiness we avoid? What do we seek on the outside to fill that emptiness? I imagine both Bourdain and Spade experienced some sense of emptiness or despair. The fill in the blank can be the next achievement, the corner office, the success of the side gig, the perfect partner. Most of us assume that we will be happy when (fill in the blank). I urge us to reflect on these questions as we go about pursuing our dream careers: But, here are some questions that are going through my mind this week. I can’t even begin to fathom what was going through their minds when they made the decision to leave. Does it?Īt the height of what seemed on the outside were enviable lives well lived, Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain chose to end it all. For many of us, isn’t the dream to find our passion? To connect with our talents? To live our passions out loud? To impact others positively? To love and be loved? To find work that is not just a paycheck but fills us? Isn’t this what self-actualization is about? I imagine nirvana lives just on the other side of self-actualization. The place they reached is the place many of us aspire to. They had family and friends who loved them and fans who adored them. They had somehow figured out their unique talents and were fully expressing them to create positive impact for so many. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
January 2023
Categories |