#human doings

[arannasiri]

Human doings

Before I begin, yes! I know the picture I chose as the header of this post carries some political weight. But who cares!? No one has ever read my posts on Tumblr. I have ZERO followers, dudes! And guess what! You don't even exist, and I'm so fucked up that I'm talking to you right now, trying to convince you that my header has nothing to do with politics! Fucking hell . . . !

All righty! Now that we got that straight, I can tell you about us human doings. It appears to me that our being is not as important to us these days as our doing! So, I took the liberty and chose a new title for us! And it suits us well.

To be honest, for the past few years, my life has been all about doing, doing more, and doing better! I think we've forgotten that this life is not about us doing anything actually! I mean, if it were, then the whole world (plants and animals) wouldn't take a breath and start healing as soon as we quit our jobs and stayed in quarantine for almost a year now!

Think about it! We exist, and that's the only thing we know as a fact. If we work, we work to be able to buy something and eat so we can still be! Now, what's the point in wanting more, and consequently, working more? Why should we change our relationship with life so drastically, so much so that we turn ourselves to some automatons who, if they don't do anything, will feel as if they don't exist?

It's time for us to slow down and understand what being alive actually means! And it's definitely not your work. If you find meaning in your work and only in your work, then something is missing. Your life is missing. And if you keep ignoring your life, you won't realize that till that painful last moment of your LIFE! It's time we began being human beings!

[alyzenmoonshadow]

We All Fall Down

Nobody’s perfect Most people don’t even try Some wander lost through life A few wonder why

Many believe the best Is yet to come Several times a day they ask Why it only comes to some

We are human beings Yet some of us are sheep Following God knows who Refusing to Wake from sleep

It’s not important how much you earn Or what you do for a living Most of us have forgotten How to be human beings

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[morrisonarts]

Doing

We're human beings, but that doesn't mean "being" is all we ought to do.  Taking good care of our thoughts and emotions is important, action is the other part of the balance.

I was offered the challenge of finding and taking part in an activity group this week, something I'd never done.  This isn't a very big community and I was about to give up when I spotted a 24 hour acting event:  Directors, writers, actors all met on Friday at 7 and by Saturday at 7 new theatre had been created - written, lines learned, performed.

It was a hoot.  And of course, a little terrifying but the support and trust we shared was extraordinary and felt like the most natural thing in the world.

Challenge yourself, get out of your own comfort zone.  Do something new with friends you haven't met yet, an activity you've always thought sounded fun.  There are meet-ups for all kinds of things: hiking, yoga, cooking, gardening, biking, reading.  There are soup kitchens that can use volunteers, clean-up committees, sing-along groups.  

In this world where thoughts become things, doing is where the actual magic happens.

Love, Nancy

[morrisonarts]

Human Doings

I know it's said, "We are human beings, not human doings" with reference to slowing down, enjoying the moment.

I would agree with the last part, enjoying the moment, but filling a day with joyous activity, interspersed with naps, can be such a delight. The catch is to either choose activity you love, or figure out a way to love the activity you choose.  Whether it's commuting, working in a office, walking the dog, washing the dishes, you are choosing each of those things.  Why not figure out ways to make each them one of the best moments of your life?   We're all countin' down.  Don't settle for mediocre moments. Make the most of each one by actually being there and living life.   You can do it! Love, Nancy

[therealeternia]

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[ramreva-blog]

Parenting and Children: A status symbol issue?

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  "Don't just sit there doing nothing, like a useless piece of stone. 

Get up and get going.

You got to get up to show up, and show up to succeed in life",

...said his mother.

The kid was an extension of the parent's status symbols, like all other well chosen things that reflect class and taste. Years from now as an adult, from his well built successful future, the kid would be searching his childhood in the long lost past. Just to find none.

  Years passed. The younger got old, and the old got older.

He was now old enough to think, and wise enough to comprehend the folly of his parents. His wisdom made him a better parent. He knew his children were human beings, and not human doings.

"Foolish mother", his mind spoke to him, "she even defined what the success for a stone would be like".

"I won't let my kid's mind to speak to him/her the way my mind just spoke to me", this, he tought to himself.

The kids who are unable to feed their own hunger, in the poor countries are luckier than the kids in the richer countries, who are unable to feed their parent's ego and status demands.

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