What makes despair excellent?
Despair is like hopelessness. Its a word used to describe how you feel when you sense you have lost something important. This could be a job, a relationship, a situation that had appeal. You were attached. Despair is about when you are ready to give up on yourself. It relates to resisting forced detachment.
And yet, part of you hesitates to believe this perspective is impartial or meaningless. You catch a glimmer of light amidst the apparent negativity. What prompts you to view despir as suddenly excellent? Consider 15 mind-blowing benefits;
1) You see, hear and laugh in completely new ways.
2) You learn the universe orchestrates its own justice.
3) You build love, compassion and honor to heal wounds.
4) You realize nothing matters as much as you thought.
5) You discover a shift of focus awakens deeper mindfulness.
6) You feel exhaustion and then calm, fearlessness and silence.
7) You embrace universal equality with renewed sincerity.
8) You slow down to detect feelings of unimpeded harmony.
9) You realize humility triggers profound devotion to nothing.
10) You see eliminating craft and profit erase motive of theft.
11) You experience diminished desire, and return to simplicity
12) You recognize long-established comparisons are trivial.
13) You gain insight into mercy, empathy and indifference.
14) You sense form is neither full nor empty, just present.
15) You grasp nothing harms you unless you give consent.
Reader Comments (12)
Thanks for an interesting post on making despair excellent ..
Hilary Melton-Butcher
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Ah, this is so true, Liara, in so many of our wordly pursuits. Except for perhaps realizing that love matters at all times and as deeply as all creation, I guess?
And thank you for sharing your lovely being in photo form with us. It inspires me to follow suit on my blog with a picture of me, something in addition to My Big Eye.
...each one of them produced a change for the better and new opportunities, awareness and wisdom.
Quite a few times, I have not particularlywanted to continue with this life...later I look back and see that it was the best learning moment and a moment of and for change. Despair is indeed excellent.
henry