Whenever I feel overwhelmed, whether it’s from work or my thoughts, I take a step back and sit silently. Sometimes, weeks pass by with these overwhelming tasks, and my mind goes berserk without me even realizing it. It’s not until I can’t take it anymore that I notice.
I am trying to improve myself and my mind, but somehow this pattern keeps repeating itself. Today, after taking a break, I can finally think clearly about what’s not working. I often find myself in this excited state without ever getting back to normal, which is not good. Humans are not wired to be in a constant state of commotion, whether it’s external or internal. We need quiet for contemplation.
Today, I learned a new word from author John Koenig that resonated with me. It’s called Sonder, which means
the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own, with their own crazy stories, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.
How humble it is to think that we might appear in someone else’s life as just a fleeting blur of traffic or a lighted window at dusk.
Nothing calms me down like reading a book and getting lost in my thoughts.
It helps me to just be.
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I wonder!