アナリン・マッコードさんのインスタグラム写真 - (アナリン・マッコードInstagram)「#GeorgeCarlin - If this year has taught us anything, I hope it’s that we all need to wake up, get off the hamster wheel and reset the way we allow society to determine our outlook on “life, love and the (pointless) pursuit of happiness.” Even that statement itself hints at how we’re supposed to view happiness. HAPPINESS is NOT prey!! It isn’t meant to be pursued. Success is not the car, the house, the two kids, the dog and the white picket fence. We’ve become little barcodes, so easily scanned and readable. To face the issues of our world, we must make an honest attempt to not just fall in line. We must at least try to develop critical thinking, emotional intelligence and a way to look beyond the status quo even if our system doesn’t support or provide such education. We should do this for Self, Relationships, Work and Play. We should ask ourselves two questions against every belief we hold as adults: 1) Who taught me this belief? 2) Do I even agree with it? Slavery of the Mind is a slippery little serpent. It snakes into the open mind of the trusting child, so by the time adulthood is reached most all beliefs are firmly rooted. And we never take a moment to ask ‘WHY’? Why is this belief even in my mind? When I had accomplished my “American Dream”. When I reached “success”. I was still anxious, depressed, self-harming and suicidal. Soooo, gonna go out on a limb here and say, I don’t think I was all that happy. Now, I question every iota of every thought or ideal that dares attempt to penetrate my mind. I say, “Hello. Did I invite you here?” And if I didn’t, it better be full of some beautiful logic and joy-giving peace or it is very lovingly and VERY QUICKLY shown to the door. My mind is a place for silence, compassion, learning and love. Everything else can kindly fuck off. I invite all feelings and emotions to fully express themselves. “Hi, Anger. What’s up? Come on in. Just don’t stay too long.” 😉 Waking up incrementally through the years has allowed me to build a deep and profound relationship with my mind. Now, that we’re close I know all of her ins and outs. When foreign concepts arrive, I sense and deal with them immediately. #lifechanging」9月30日 8時34分