BPD Lullaby

You can’t always go for the solution, it’s best to go for the compromise.

Every feeling doesn’t deserve all the attention it demands when it’s possible to reframe the situation.

Not every impulse should be rewarded by being “caught in the moment,” but rather a tame in the head.

Along with a breath, grasp the fact that you are capable of regulating each given emotion.

Say what you mean and learn to mature.

Leave the mind games for another day, preferably one for a better mood.

 

You are NOT your mental disorder.

You are NOT your personal traumatization.

You are NOT your past.

 

None of these concerns were chosen, what you chose was how you dealt with it.

Dealing with your pain paves the path towards your success.

Because ultimately, isn’t that our only purpose to roam on this continental piece of dirt?

From the dirt we came and to the dirt we shall return.

No one gets out alive and everyone has the same fate.

You might as well make the most of what you got.

“Know yourself” is easier said than done but how many actually accomplish this task?

Did you know that we’ve only discovered about 4% of underwater life? And the rest is left to guess.

That is your task.

Go beyond that percentage and get to know yourself for you.

 

Know how you work.

Know how you are wired.

Know what makes you click.

Know what you believe.

Know what you disagree.

 

Do NOT get offended. You are wasting your time.

 

Time that could be used to end world hunger.

Time that could be used to fulfill basic needs of a world-class citizen.

Time that had value for something worthwhile.

Time that was NOT dispersed for the bullshit.

 

‘Cuz the bullshit is for the birds, man.

Leave them to peck and pick it all up.

They CHOSE to not get educated, they CHOSE to not get informed, they CHOSE to not grab life by the balls and deal with it.

And their life chose them.

I can circumloqute for days but my point is this – make the most from what you have within.

We are born selfish but we are naturally good.

Know yourself before someone thinks they know you.

Realize that when people tell you that something is impossible, it’s because they couldn’t do it themselves.

They settled a LONG time ago, just like their dreams.

So sad. What a waste of something so pure.

For what dreams may come is the reality conceived from the cinematic.

But it’s up to us to cross the threshold we laid out for ourselves.

Because no one is stopping you.

Just you.

………………………

Oh shit, it was you.

It was you all along.

You literally had this conversation with yourself.

You played it over and over like a stuck record.

You’re not schizophrenic but you’re half-maniacal, and you know it.

It was you all along.

You’re approaching the light.

So stop,

Now go.

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