It’s common to spend much of life accumulating material things and emotional experiences. It’s normal and a result of human nature, as well as marketing campaigns. The dream of many is to have their own home in a nice place, a new car, comfortable well styled furniture, designer clothes, and of course, the latest technology to manage it all.
We to out daily into to the world sharing our talents to acquire what we see on television, in popular magazines and the billboards that shout with their offers:
“This is the life you deserve!”
To sum it up, we go after what we are offered in so many places. Additionally, we want to be accepted socially by everyone. We should be good children, students, parents, and colleagues. We act in accordance with established norms for “living right.” We say, “hello” and “goodbye,” ask for something by saying, “please” and receive it with a “thank you.” We have the script memorized.
What if we had none of this?
What if having your own home, car, and other toys, were no longer so important?
What if instead of being like a monkey in a circus looking for applause, you simply be the best you that you can be?
We think the applause and approval from someone else will satisfy us. We look for recognition and they tell us we are “good”, not really because we are but rather to be up to the demands. We receive the medal they give as a prize and with it pretend we are fulfilled.
Why are we so afraid of losing what we have already acquired?
Think for a moment of those who have left their countries throughout history in search of a better life, as many are doing worldwide right now. While some are able to move everything, others take what they can, often losing much of it on the way, ending up with the clothes on their back. Then, there is nothing to lose.
To these last brave souls, who travel with almost nothing at all, does it matter what they must leave behind? Of course it hurts! but they are convinced something greater lies ahead for them on the horizon. In a few words, they have nothing to lose.
Leaving a country or place is a good example of how someone can get to the feeling of having nothing to lose, but it also applies to all areas of life: work, relations, and others.
What would you do if you had nothing to lose?
Would you do what you are doing right now or would you do something else?
Would you stay with the same people in your environment or would you fire them in favor of others?
What are you afraid of losing?
Today can be a new start. You can begin a new chapter in your history of life, leaving behind the weight of those already written. This can be the day when you finally free yourself of everything weighing you down to travel lighter and fly higher. We convince ourselves we need many “things” to live, but the reality is that we need very little. With a worthy purpose in mind, there is nothing you have today which cannot be replaced at some point, and perhaps you in time, it really wasn’t necessary after all.
When there is nothing more to hang onto, nothing weighs you down, and there is nothing you have to drag along with you; you are left only with who you are and the world you want to conquer.