Yes. Those are actions. We were already wounded. We were already sitting. We are already staring at them. It's time for the NEXT move. We can evaluate how long we allowed ourselves to stay in those first three.
To me this is a clear case of how to recognize Fixed /Scarcity /Victim mindsets. Someone who chooses to dwell in the clouded space of what they can complain about - what's missing, what things keep happening to them - refuses to activate gratitude in order to recognize the abundance they already have. Unknowingly, they drive themselves deeper and deeper into a victim's hole, and the longer they stay there the more likely events and conditions become self-inflicted.
I sometimes look at my legs and find bruises or cuts that I can’t remember doing them. When I think about them, then the memories come to mind. I think that’s what Murakami talks about. Don’t keep looking at your wounds, they’ll keep you back. If you forget about them, you’ll keep walking towards good things.
It feels like this is an invitation to acknowledge the presence of wounds & choose to take inspired action responding to them. Staring at them is a choice like any other one might select. I know someone that has a scar in the shape of a heart & chooses to behold the beauty in the mark.
I think the key message in this is to acknowledge and process the wounds, then decide not to sit and stew in a victimhood mentality. Let it go, focus on the present. To me, all of this equates to taking action in a healing direction.
Yes. Those are actions. We were already wounded. We were already sitting. We are already staring at them. It's time for the NEXT move. We can evaluate how long we allowed ourselves to stay in those first three.
To me this is a clear case of how to recognize Fixed /Scarcity /Victim mindsets. Someone who chooses to dwell in the clouded space of what they can complain about - what's missing, what things keep happening to them - refuses to activate gratitude in order to recognize the abundance they already have. Unknowingly, they drive themselves deeper and deeper into a victim's hole, and the longer they stay there the more likely events and conditions become self-inflicted.
I sometimes look at my legs and find bruises or cuts that I can’t remember doing them. When I think about them, then the memories come to mind. I think that’s what Murakami talks about. Don’t keep looking at your wounds, they’ll keep you back. If you forget about them, you’ll keep walking towards good things.
It feels like this is an invitation to acknowledge the presence of wounds & choose to take inspired action responding to them. Staring at them is a choice like any other one might select. I know someone that has a scar in the shape of a heart & chooses to behold the beauty in the mark.
This brings to mind a viewpoint I hold, which is that the past is fertilizer for the present.
And no one should plant themselves in the compost pile!
I think the key message in this is to acknowledge and process the wounds, then decide not to sit and stew in a victimhood mentality. Let it go, focus on the present. To me, all of this equates to taking action in a healing direction.
There is no "freedom of choice", only freedom in action. Choice paralyzes, and action liberates.
I like that thought, Roman.