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RE: What is important? (Need your thoughts)

in #life8 years ago (edited)

Only you can really answer that question. Some people find meaning in travelling. Some people find meaning in doing hard work. Some people find meaning in family, relationships and raising children. Some people find meaning in climbing the corporate ladder.

What's right for everyone else isn't necessarily right for you. Your path will probably involve a lot of trial and error, experimentation - before you find a situation that's right. Then you'll look back, draw all the dots together and it'll make sense.

Personally what's always interested me is how people function, make decisions - how they think. I did all kinds of jobs - salesman, writer, marketer estate agent and masseur (among others) - to get experience and exposure to a wide range of people. I've come to the conclusion that there's a lot of silent unsaid struggle in society - causing a lot of mental illness.

I then studied a lot about psychotherapy and counselling. This can work. But then I realised a lot of these problems stem from a core physical tension in the body. Most commonly not breathing properly and lots of tension in the back/legs. What I'm now reading about is Bioenergetic Analysis - which is how these issues can be diagnosed and resolved physically.

I don't know where this will lead (if anywhere). But it seems like the right thing right now. I hope that helps

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That is really interesting. And it sounds like wellbeing is the big issue that you have spotted personally. In particular physical health affecting mental health and wellbeing.

It is important. People are not well. What is the root cause affecting them physically? Diet, exercise, line of work, society? And what do you want to see changed or how can people change this?

I talked about doing something and making little impact. I believe I was working at the end of the line, not making any difference to the root cause or issue. Like an ambulance at the bottom of a cliff. And what I really want to know is what are the fundamentally important things that need work. And how can we work on them in a way that impacts long term.