It’s time to flip the script! In all seriousness, modern America is killing us. I have never seen so many stressed out humans in the entirety of my life, especially parents. In all honesty, it has come to a point where I am not sure I can be bothered with half the bull-shit that society is expecting parents and children to latch on to.
I am going to tell you a little secret. You are not going to screw your kids up. Your kid is not going to turn out any different if they relaxed a little more rather than played every single sport imaginable or joined every club after school. Parents, let your kids see you relax. It is not only healthy it is also something they need, especially when they are older. Being busy is a program. A program that I refuse to run. Burn out is our problem in today’s American society and I’m seeing it happen in children and adults.
Life has quickly become a race. The busier we are, the more successful we are. Is it a want or a need? Or is it simply a program that we are running and eventually get stuck in, unable to get out.
Humans come with all different ways in living their lives. It truly is what makes the world go round. I understand the constant need for needing to be busy, however on the spiritual inner being side of this it’s simply a trauma response. It’s a learned behavior that has acted as a cover up to mask what is really going on. It’s also psychological. You become afraid of what will happen if you stop moving. Fear sets in and your need to be busy becomes an uncontrollable behavior. You become afraid of emotions and having to face them head on.
Society will never accept this reasoning. It’s okay. I understand. Everyone responds to trauma differently. Unprocessed trauma is stored in the body and it blocks our energy fields. Eventually it makes us sick and hard to stay sustainable. Emotionally, it may come out as anger, resentment and uncontrollable sadness leading to anxiety, depression and fear. In the interim, being that society deems this as being normal trauma goes unhealed. It is a vicious life cycle.
Break the cycle. Break it for yourself and your loved ones. Allow yourself to undo the programs. Allow yourself to heal. Most important allow yourself to be different in a world where society will always measure our success on how busy we are. We are in a time of healing. The intensified energy you are feeling is here to wake you up, it’s here to raise your consciousness. It is here to show you another way.
“Allow yourself to heal”…brilliant. We can feel guilty about taking the time to heal…so true. And it takes TIME. I think things are shifting though. Maybe it’s just because I am out of the public school rat race!! I see lots of books for kids now about mindfulness etc. Just keep writing and spreading the great words!!
Thank you so much for your engaging thoughts! I always love hearing from you. I am definitely seeing a lot of changes going on. I am always trying to look at the bright side, I still have three kids out of the five that I need to get through school. We are doing a lot of changing at home. Many parents probably would not agree with my thoughts, however it is truly working for us. I just want happiness for my family.