Where does this feeling of "a road to nowhere" or emptiness come from? Many may connect this emptiness with not having a significant other in their lives. Additionally, people who have that "significant other" and still feel empty often connect it to missing some major purpose to their life. This is a subject I feel like I should touch on because I once felt this way. Sometimes we may simply wonder sometimes, “What the heck am I, or should I, be doing?” I can say now that being single does NOT have to equate into feeling empty, nor does not knowing what your purpose is. Are you one of these people who still feels this way? Well, let me ask you this; what if you are someone who never meets that "significant other" with whom they truly have a connection with? I'm not trying to be negative, in fact, I'm trying to put a positive twist to this here. Ok, so you go all of your life and don't meet that "perfect" and "special" someone of your dreams... if you knew this was going to be your case, would you still keep going on feeling empty? Would you still feel like the only thing that could fill that "empty space" was a significant other. Or, would you be willing to move towards another strategy for finding that deep contentment with your life? There may be nothing wrong with searching, but, once you find a direction that leads to nowhere, it may be time to move on to the next avenue for the true sake of your happiness. I hope anyone reading this would agree.
In either case, if you have been longing for the right partner to finally come along, or whether you are one who cannot seem to understand or find their major purpose in life, or if you have been trying to fill an "emptiness" with anything else that just doesn't seem to be cutting the cake, then my answer or solution to the problem is the same for all cases. Stop thinking about that "missing piece" you don't have, and fathom the idea of being happy with the things you do have and the things you do know. Sound like you've heard this before? You probably have, but have you consistently tried to apply this to your life to see if it worked any at filling that stubborn empty space?
If you truly desire someone to be with, but are complacent and happy with where you are by yourself, then eventually you may attract them in your life. If your main desire is to find a purpose, but you learn to be at peace and happy in the "now" by being grateful and focusing on all that you do know, then you can attract answers to your purpose in life. I've found, from my personal experience, that I knew some of my desires way before I realized I knew them. Many times we know those desires that we have, or those things that we love to do, but we get caught up in trying to figure out "how" we can realistically incorporate them into our already conditioned lives, as well as in comparing them to the incomparable successes of others.
The bottom line is we get to thinking too much. When you think so much, and it leads you no where and to no answers, then that means something about your thinking is wrong. As long as you are thinking about not being happy or having that stubborn emptiness, then you are simply not going to be happy. So to get the opposite effect, it would just make sense to stop thinking about it all, and finally make some room to put on your happy face. Ironic? Yes, a little.
It is important to gain control of our mind and then we will start to gain the wisdom to work on the root of some of the emotional or mental roadblocks we may have. If you keep asking why, how, and who to the point of getting frustrated with yourself or life, you will just get burnt out and further saturate your mind with the truth that you are clueless. Sometimes we have to learn how to just be as we are. Instead of being fretful, be faithful. Instead of going through life with worry and doubt in the forefront of your mind, learn to walk with happy thoughts, and be self complimenting. This is something you can change now; you don’t have to wait for any person or answer to come into your life. What this will do is change your way of thinking and change your attitude and, of course, change the way you feel about life and how you attract things. My definition of depression is, obsessive focus on "emptiness" or some thing or quality that you don’t have or that went "wrong". Focusing on simply ANYTHING positive in place of those focuses, could almost guarantee significant movement pass any depression.
The fact is, you are complete and whole even by yourself; whether it's you and honey, or just you, or whether you've narrowed down and defined your purpose or not.
No matter how much you are self evolving or practicing personal development, there is always room and a need for self-reflection so that you don't plug out of the realization that everything begins within you. We all need a reminder sometimes. YOU are what makes YOU complete and full. So it will never be a matter of waiting on that something to fill your life. This is the case no matter what you believe to be the cause of your emptiness; whether you feel deprived of a lover, money, friends, happiness, etc. NOTHING can fill you or define you without your approval. So, if you want something you don't even have in your possession to define you, go ahead. I don't recommend it though. You might find your life to be pretty two-faced with a "battle of the faces" you can't control. The fact is you can't focus equally on controlling outside matters while controlling yourself as well and win the battle. But, when you fully focus on controlling just you instead, and being the best you can be in that area, then like a bonus, your outside matters will be more prone to adapt to the environment of you and be to your own personal liking. Sounds good to me. ;-)
Everything you will ever need to be you to the fullest is in you. All these outside forces and materials of our world are just that. They are outside, and as much as we have the right to enjoy being surrounded by them, they will never get inside of us and we should never attempt for them to get them to cross that line.... anything that we need to repair or "tweak" inside of us has to be done within us. If you remember this then you will gain some power. After all, if you are seeking a partnership and you knew that you could attract things and people similar to you, wouldn't you want someone who is stable and secure, accepting of their life with or without you, happy, and not depending on anyone or anything outside of them?...Someone who is sure of themselves, strong, and able to enlighten others? I don't know about you but that sounds like a winner to me!
So, if you are feeling "empty", you can start filling yourself up now...mentally, spiritually, and knowledgeably. Decide you are going to be sure of yourself despite the epiphanies you haven't encountered yet. When you are always questioning yourself and overly anxious for answers, instead of peacefully and diligently trusting in the answers with peaceful action, the answers never come. When you are fickle and easily swayed or determined by outside people, outside forces, or material things, then you will never be stable or full. Instead you will always feel...well, empty.
So amazing...LIFE CHANGING! Thank you so much.
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