PEOPLE BLOCK IT ALL OUT// 16/11/15 BY SOPHIE

Talking to more people, I've realised that so many just block things out. They do not expose themselves to things in fear of them becoming depressed or anxious or uncomfortable within their current state of 'normal'.

I suppose I never really looked at it like this, but it really makes a lot of sense. I often feel sad and confused alongside feeling oddly enlightened and grounded, and I have come (or am still coming- it's all about the ongoing journey, right?) to love these deeply rooted emotions. But they are a hell of a lot to deal with! And suddenly it makes a lot of sense as to why people merely want to block all this out and focus on the things that are perhaps not as brain boggling.

It's definitely so much easier to focus on the superficial and dare I say 'petty' things that life contains. People are obsessed with reality and drama and celebrity constructs and degrading others in order to feel slightly better about themselves. We live in a self-absorbed and self-obsessed society that has somehow become structured around exploiting people's 'imperfections' whilst staring in the mirror and trying to feel better about the way that we look.

It's easier to ignore problems. It's SO much easier to drown out your true emotions and replace them with a drink and the need to 'lose yourself' in what's-his-face's tiny front room in order to 'have a good time'.

People don't seem to feel things, they numb things, and become only ever briefly happy when not in their own company. People disregard things because they're easier to throw away than to face head on and willing explore. When things become too confusing, people give up on them.

When you're not understanding, the whole concept of 'connecting with yourself' and 'self discovery' is just seen as a weird little hippie phase that can be laughed about and cringed at whilst assuming that everybody that is deep thinking has dreadlocks and is a vegan. Again, totally understandable because I was 100% part of the majority group that don't really connect with the idea of being 'spiritual'.

If anybody told me a few years ago that I'd be a vegan, environment conscious, Buddhism researching, self-discovering being, I'd have laughed in their face. A lot. But here we are, so I guess that the future really is unpredictable.

I don't really know whether this made any coherent sense. I just keep having moments of sudden creative outbursts and the need to write everything that jumbled up inside my head down.

Once again, thank Isabella Mente for being so beautifully wonderful and managing to express everything that I feel so passionately about so articulately.

I just want to make sure that I live feeling happy, open, free, learning and growing. And feeling constantly inspired and hopefully instilling some inspiration into other people too.
Just live fully.

Enjoy your week gorgeous humans

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