11/08/2023
I was on the plane and felt inspired to write, so I let it flow and here’s the message that came from it.. I love writing life analogie..
it’s entitled “Life’s a journey”
but it could also be called
“in a world of influencers be a Leader not an influencer”
Most won’t read because it’s to long lol but for those who do I hope you enjoy with an open mind 😊
“Life’s a journey
Life is a journey, like any other trip or journey the roads aren’t always a smooth highways..
When you head out on an adventure will you only drive on the smooth highway ?
No .. you will take whatever route is required to reach your destination.. that can include side roads, slow traffic, stressful city driving, dirt roads, mud, icy roads etc .. we still find a way to make through all these various obstacles to reach our destination. If we get stuck, will we curl up in middle of the road and quit .. no ! .. we will call CAA , a towing or a friend for help and then get back on our way.
Life is the same way.. we have a destination that we often associate to happiness, success, self worth or a certain desired lifestyle or life accomplishments .. but with social media and so called influencers these days we’ve come to a point where we as humans feel entitled to an easy smooth highway journey to our destination… and those false expectation hinders our ability to become more resilient and learn to flow through life obstacles.. the muddy roads, icy roads, stressful city driving life throws at us are their to help us grow and build resilience.it’s ok to ask for help if we get stuck and then we keep moving forward on our journey. But unfortunately in this era of take a pill and fix it we are creating a bigger and bigger societal sickness where everyone is offended by anything that’s said or done, opinions and beliefs are no longer personal or allowed … creating even more confusion with every young human being. We are trained to be offended and live life as victims. So now we are disconnected with ourselves and others, we fear thinking for ourselves or speaking our thoughts or truths so instead we find ways to numb ourselves so we don’t discover ourselves in fear society will not accept us or be insulted by us. We are robbing our youth of true identity by pushing all these new idealist ideas, victim mentality on everyone.. We use to watch TV or listen to the radio , read books written or created by true leader, thought leaders that challenged our thinking but allowed us to agree or disagree with the thoughts, hypothesis or opinion. Hence people were not in victim mode, people had som**hing called critical thinking that is being lost. Why ? Because we’ve replaced true leaders that will do or always choose to say what’s right over what’s popular no matter the consequence … (that’s a real leader )… today we mistake influencers for leaders .. don’t get me wrong some influencers are leaders but most influencers are nothing but trend pushers that create hype and authority around societal trends no matter if they are good for society or bad, no matter if they truly believe it or not .. as long as it gets them likes and followers they will push any trend. That in my mind is not a leader it’s an influencer that often lacks critical thinking and guts to do what’s right over what’s popular.
Yea life is hard, but that’s part of being human.. learning and building resilience is the solution .. pills are temporary and can often be part of the problem
Mental health is often a consequence and reflection of societal health (policies, community mindset and how we have been molded to experience life and see life to benefit the new society of consumption and online living)
Break free from the rat race created by the 1% by taking back your critical thinking and bravery to be yourself with your opinions and change your life to create the life you want and deserve versus the life you have been molded into from birth by your family and society.
Andre Viel
November 1st, 2023”
