One year to live

In their final weeks, many people seek wisdom, reconciliation, healing, a second chance at personal growth.

away into the unknown.

This happens in cycles, first the dread and the depression, then a glimmer of hope, a blazing fire, inspiration, furious thoughts swarming in scraps and shreds, exhilaration, burnout, and back again, like a snake perpetually condemned to eat its own tail.

Sometimes we operate on autopilot, we let all of our beliefs and the knowledge we accumulated about our surroundings guide our thoughts, feelings, behaviour, and decisions.

From the very beginning, we are instilled with ideas, ideas about how the world operates, ideas of good and evil, ideas of what we should be when we grow up, ideas of what path to follow, and what journeys are worth the hard work.

What phase in life are you currently in? What is this phase teaching you? What are you holding on to that is limiting you? Do you want to create more room just to be? Are you accepting of the changes in your life? What mindset are you pursuing? Are your thoughts your own? Are they someone else’s? Can you tell what beliefs are attached to those thoughts? Did that belief serve its purpose? Can you let it go now? Can you be thankful for the challenges you’ve encountered? Is there anything you’re taking for granted that you should be grateful for? What are you afraid of? What do you fear in life that may bring you unimaginable pain? What is your purpose in life? Is this the direction you want to be moving in? Are your recent choices helping you? What has to happen so that you are finally able to make the changes you want to see in your life? If you don’t change, where will you be in a year’s time? What will you miss out on? … If not now, when

manifest as unconscious behaviour, where our predictions about ourselves and who we think we are often come true, not because they’re indubitably correct, but because we believe in them so ardently that all of our instincts and actions bring that reality to pass

Beware of self-fulfilling prophecies

Self-fulfilling prophecies

The ego is trying to control the physical body, the rational mind is trying to master the feelings, and the spirit is trying to override the fears, worries, and anxieties.

The Art of Being