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Angry

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Anger often is caused by our frustrations with ourselves. This then gets expressed outwardly towards others and anything that we can latch onto.

Unfortunately, the society we have encourages hate, judgement and fear. As a consequence, it is easy to find things or people to vent our anger on.

Anger is a complete waste of time, it never makes us feel good, even after venting it, and the recipient, often ourselves, never feels good either.

It is all to do with our sense of worthiness. If we could only tell ourselves that we are already worthy, no matter what we have achieved, no matter what others think and no matter what we have or don’t have.

This where it starts. Loving ourselves, instead of being angry or frustrated. We have to be our own No1 fan, our own cheerleader, we have to accept ourselves and say we are already good enough.

If we love ourselves, feel worthy and accept ourselves, then there is no room for anger and the pedlars of hate, fear, judgement in society will have one less recruit for their cause.

I bet you have more possessions than this bloke

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I posted this today on Facebook, about Rob Greenfield, who’s story I have been following.

He now has whittled all that he owns down to 111 things.

I love this. I am always saying about people and not things, and this demonstrates that all we really need in life can be fitted into a big backpack.

I’ve been as guilty as most in the world of buying more shit than I needed, so much so we even moved to a bigger house to cram more in.

Well, all over the world, all of our houses, lofts, garages, sheds and storage units are full to the brim. The landfills are full too with all the stuff we thought we needed.

Yet depression and loneliness are ever increasing.

We work all hours to earn the money to buy all this stuff, that we believe will enrich our lives and make us happy. It won’t.

Focus on people, activities and the memories that will create for you and the people who matter.

The rest of what we need in life, other than a backpack of 111 things, is love, kindness, empathy, compassion, and people who share our values.

This all lives in our minds and the minds of others, and unlike a backpack, it has no limit to what we can store.