How to change the world in 2023
… it’s actually not that hard!
The iconic song “Danger Zone” from the movie “Top Gun” begins with the lyrics, “Revvin’ up your engine, listen to her howlin’ roar. Metal under tension, beggin’ you to touch and go.” When I recently watched the sequel, I had a strange feeling that I cannot fully describe. It’s as if a part of me that is still connected to my childhood in the 1980s is making a connection to the future. I had the sensation that I thought I couldn’t bring into the present moment. For some reason, this movie and song have given me a sense of inner knowing that my life is just beginning now that I have discovered the source of the anxiety that I struggled with for the past five years and how to resolve it.
I have waited my entire life for the “lift off,” the moment when my life would take a different direction and launch me into an exciting and fulfilling future. However, life does not simply take off on its own; it only does so when you make it happen. I used to wait passively on the sidelines until life knocked me down. It took a wake-up call for me to realize that I needed to take control of my own path. My hope is that you don’t follow in my footsteps and wait for life to push you over the edge…
I strongly believe that the purpose of life is to live with passion and actively work towards the happiness and well-being of oneself and others. Your purpose is passion. How else do you want to stay motivated to do the hard things? Will power and straight up hustling will only get you so far. If you don’t believe in your journey, the pain will inevitably push you over the edge and into the abyss. Passion is the ingredient that makes it a gazillion times more likely for you to thrive through hardships. Some people even reprogram their minds in a way that they embrace the suck. But they can only do that because they know they’re on their own hero’s journey. Not because they wanna “build a career” or “make a lot of money”.
Passion sets you apart from mediocracy and pulls you out of wasting your time. It makes you connect with your intuitive knowledge and wisdom or as Carl Jung put it “the collective consciousness”. The underlying truth, that is connecting all life in the universe. It has to do with developing a new relationship with yourself and that deeper part of you, that can’t be explained by science.
It was hard for me to find my passion and accept it as an innate talent of mine that was worth something. Most people struggle with that question. They don’t know what they like and want and I can very much relate to that. And it’s not like you just find your passion one day and it’s a done deal. It feels more like nudging yourself into the things that you enjoy doing, realising over time that it is of value to others. And not only that. When you open your wild heart and live your crazy you will see how magnetic you become for others. People are drowning in the knee deep ocean of shallowness and are craving authenticity.
Living life without fear
Puttin’ five karats in my baby girl ear
Lunches, brunches, interviews by the pool
Considered a fool ’cause I dropped out of high school“Juicy” — The notorious B.I.G.
The only thing you need to ask yourself is the following: Is what I want to do empowering or is it an attempt to control? Is it love based or fear based? Is it integrative or disconnecting? Is it positive or negative? Use the information that speaks to your heart and leave the rest behind. When you start building that relationship with yourself it will be subtle at first, but over time you will get stronger feedback. It needs a softening of the heart, a letting down of your guard, that allows something special in.
You are powerful beyond measure, but only when you get from control to letting go. When you understand that it is not matter emitting consciousness. Consciousness itself is the underlying frequency of existence. Trying to control reality from a fear based perspective is like using a water kettle to make ice. What you need is the opposite side of the frequency band. The love based approach. You have the power to turn back to loving yourself. Life is always ready for you living your wildest dreams.
You don’t need more than what you already have to change the world. It all starts with the intentions in your heart. You won’t change the world by fighting for peace, but you can change the world by being at peace yourself.
Do you like what you read? Sign up for the monday motivation newsletter here!
