mental-health – Page 2 – Insurrection Of The Mind

Into A New Year

We close another year and begin what has been labeled as the year 2025. Resolutions will be made and may last to February. We will promise to lose weight and be a “better” person. All of us start with strong resolve, but it almost always seems to fade.

Many years ago, I gave up on making the New Year resolution. It seemed an exercise in futility, because shortly after they failed (as they always did), the feeling of regret and disappointment took over the remainder of the year. Change can be so stressful, difficult, and nearly impossible. Why is this?

The American Heritage Dictionary defines the word, “institution”, as a custom, practice, or behavioral pattern of importance in the life of a community or society.

Make note of the term, “behavioral pattern.” Society has institutionalized the people to fall into a certain behavior pattern. From birth, people are conditioned to act a certain way. They let this institution mindset bleed into every aspect of life, and it makes a person resistant to change. We are conditioned to conform and set ourselves into a pattern or cycle that is extremely difficult to break. Have you learned to conform and just accept things in your life as they are? Do you find yourself wanting to break out and change everything but feel trapped or ill equipped to accomplish it?

Resolutions to change should not be made at the beginning of a new year. These should be made every day. Make small steps to break free from destructive cycles every day of your life, slowly chip away at the wall of the prison that has you trapped. Over time, you can begin to drop the bad and replace it with the good, getting one step closer to reaching the higher morality.

I have decided to change my cycle and make a resolution for 2025. I know that I just contradicted myself, but for me this is a break from my usual cycle of refusing to make resolutions. Flawed logic? Wouldn’t be my first time. I am going to spend my 2025 year focused on pushing to break from the institutions that trap humanity and control its way of life.

I hope you continue to follow me on this journey. My hope is that you will continue to stretch your mind, question everything, and be a force of change. I am not asking you to agree with everything I write, but I am asking you to a least listen and consider; constantly challenge and explore all options.

That is how we grow. That is how we change.

This is man’s search for meaning.

Confronting the Fears

What is your greatest fear? All of us, even the bravest of persons, have fears we face and struggle against frequently in life. Fear is a natural emotion that humans experience, especially fear of the unknown. The future can always be unnerving as we plan and adjust our lives in the attempt to have a better outcome. If only there was a magic ball that we could gaze into and see the events and outcomes that are awaiting us.

How different would life be in the here and now if a person knew the future. If a person knew what was ahead and it was something horrible, would they not try to make changes to gain a better the outcome? Yet, to change the outcome and alter the future, what you knew would become invalid…. a philosophical paradox. Alas, could it be true that everything is preset and no matter what a person would do, the outcome would be the same….

Sorry, I am sure your brain hurts now. I know mine does when I flip this question over and over in my mind.

I feel that fear of the “unknown” is essentially the greatest fear a person can experience. We toil and struggle with the uncertainty of our future as we see wars, violence, divided politics, lawlessness, inflation, hostages, human trafficking, and on and on. Turn on the nightly news and there is always something new going on that makes the future look dim and sometimes hopeless. Does humanity have a chance to survive in this treacherous storm that engulfs its existence?

Our world has abandoned its morality and embraced a reckless philosophy devoid of basic principles and structure. It has let itself dive into an environment of hate, depression, hedonism, and the lack of any accountability. Morality cannot exist without accountability, otherwise we are in chaos, and, unfortunately, this world is churning in this chaos now more than ever.

So here we find ourselves with a bleak future as we let the principalities of this world rule our lives, suppressing our ability to embrace higher principles that supersede humankind.

You should be afraid of the future.

Ignoring this chaos or hiding in a hole will only end in disaster. Being brave does not mean that you are not afraid. It means you face the challenge in spite of the fear. It will take many of us to rise up and stand for what is good and trust that we can in a way “change the future.” It begins with an insurrection against the immorality that the world continues to worship.

What will you do? Embrace the fear or let the fear destroy you?