Becoming Real
"You become. It take a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and you eyes drop out, and you get loose in the joint and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly except to people who don't understand." - the velveteen rabbit
This quote was on a painting that I saw in a gallery the other day. How could I walk away without writing it down? I could not.
I believe that I have many sharp edges inside me. At times those edges get in my way of becoming Real. Even with this, I at least realize the need to become Real.
As the quote teaches, the process takes a long time. It requires us to become. To me this means taking the time daily to reflect on one's life and how to transition to a better level. Level of what? It could be a level of anything. As I wrote in Day1057, it could be reaching a new level of happiness. For some of us it could be reaching a level of thinking, financial, love, flow, focus, etc.
Identifying the change in level,while smoothing the edges, is the key. But retaining the level is critical. If you slide back after becoming something you are not any better off than your old self. You know what it took to get there but not how to stay there. Note that the gains do not have to be great but they have to be continuously gotten and kept.
Today's question is:
"Are you becoming Real?"
"You become. It take a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and you eyes drop out, and you get loose in the joint and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly except to people who don't understand." - the velveteen rabbit
This quote was on a painting that I saw in a gallery the other day. How could I walk away without writing it down? I could not.
I believe that I have many sharp edges inside me. At times those edges get in my way of becoming Real. Even with this, I at least realize the need to become Real.
As the quote teaches, the process takes a long time. It requires us to become. To me this means taking the time daily to reflect on one's life and how to transition to a better level. Level of what? It could be a level of anything. As I wrote in Day1057, it could be reaching a new level of happiness. For some of us it could be reaching a level of thinking, financial, love, flow, focus, etc.
Identifying the change in level,while smoothing the edges, is the key. But retaining the level is critical. If you slide back after becoming something you are not any better off than your old self. You know what it took to get there but not how to stay there. Note that the gains do not have to be great but they have to be continuously gotten and kept.
Today's question is:
"Are you becoming Real?"
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