This post is a short one, a brief reminder, one that I am passing on from a wise and wild friend. Sometimes I forget that this blog is as much about WILD THINGS as it is about PEACE. So today’s post is dedicated and directed to the wild thing that lives within all of us, those qualities that make each and every one of us irreplaceably unique and wild.
Perhaps you’ve lost touch with your own wildness. Maybe it’s buried under layers of life, beneath a desire to fit in, to please others and not rock the boat, to be nice… Well, “fuck nice,” I say. All that being nice will get you is a brownie badge and a pat on the head. Life is way too short, so don’t waste it on being “nice.” Start to rock the damn boat, by being REAL, with yourself, your partner, your families, your boss, with that person you’re always wanting to avoid AND always running into. Yeah, that one ! Be real with everyone you meet. It may be uncomfortable to begin with, but I guarantee you, it’s way more fun than trying to be that other word…
If you are feeling trapped, find a way to let yourself out of whatever cage you may find yourself in. Your own peace of mind depends on it, in fact, it THRIVES on freedom. We were all born to be wild, and free, and at peace. As you set yourself free, you inspire others around you to do the same.
The great thing is this: you only have to take one small step in the direction of your own freedom, towards who you really are and how you really want to be, in order to feel that peace we all yearn for. That my friends, is the peace of wild things. And just a little bit of freedom can create a whole lot of it. So what will you do today, what is that one small step you can take ? Or even a giant leap… Go on, be the wild thing you are. It may not be nice, but it will be real, and that’s what the world wants and needs - the real you.
Peace and wildness,
Patrick
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testing! testing! – a rare nice moment.
Nice comment received… and is there more (beyond the niceness?!?!?!?)
Wow Pat that walk around the block did some good!
This post really rocks my world. I love it. Being real is the best we can do for ourselves and others. Who the heck wants to hang around with a bunch of masks anyways?
Only on Halloween, that’s when masks are cool. Glad to have hit a nerve Andrea.