The Only Way Out is Through: exploring our thoughts to unlock our true essence

February 23, 2018

I have recently hit on a theme in my conversations with others and in my own reflections, where we are afraid to think our thoughts; we are afraid of what we will find if we were to be completely honest with ourselves and expose our deepest thoughts. We are worried what our mind will reveal about us.

But the truth is that we are not our minds. We are not defined by the thoughts in our head. Thoughts are just functions of the brain - receptors firing off feedback from different inputs gathered through our senses. And yet we place so much weight on those thoughts because that is how we conceptualize ourselves and our lives. That is how we function. But who we are is so much deeper than our thoughts.

Accepting the Whole Truth

March 10, 2016

We are coming up on a big transition. In a few months, we will be leaving our lovely life in Argentina. We have been here for almost 3 years. In thinking about the move, I have been romanticizing Buenos Aires, thinking about all the lovely and wonderful parts about the city and my life here. But when something goes wrong or I am reminded about the frustrating parts of the city, I feel betrayed like all of that positivity was a lie.

But when I step back, I recognize that the truth is Buenos Aires can be both beautiful and frustrating and to love it means accepting both sides of it, not just the one that please me.