Acceptance vs. Settling
Anger, motivation, and truth.
Most of my motivation comes from anger.
I’m sure this isn’t the most healthy thing, but this is where I am.
I get mad that the world isn’t better. I get mad that people aren’t better. I get mad that people with good values do stupid and hurtful things to others.
For the last several years, I’ve known that the next big milestone in my life is centered around motivation and accepting the world as it is. I haven’t been enlightened with any life-altering realizations yet, but I’m actively working towards figuring this out.
I think the hard part, for me, is learning to understand the difference between acceptance and settling.
I want to accept the imperfect world, but since most of my motivation comes from anger, I am afraid that this will render me motivationless. If I settle for the world, what force will light me up enough to want to change anything?
What a paradox.
I don’t have any answers, but I wanted to pose this thought to you. I think it’s important to evaluate our motivations and our world-views. It’s these realizations and efforts of challenging ourselves that will reveal new truths about the world.
And isn’t that what we truly desire?