Mental health problems are through the roof.
Most people seem more stressed and anxious than ever.
Yet at the same time, we’re safer, more protected, more comfortable, more coddled than ever before.
Something ain’t computing.
I didn’t really get why until I stumbled on this ancient quote from Rumi:
“All your anxiety is because of your desire for harmony. Seek disharmony, then you will gain peace.”
Could the guy have been right?
What if, in our determined pursuit of:
- Harmony
- Happiness
- Safety
- Perfection…
We lost our way?
Here’s why this is important, that most modern people do not understand:
In our striving for harmony, we reject truth.
The truth is that life is messy.
It has sharp edges.
It has problems that show up every day. And we’re essentially training ourselves (especially our young) to pretend that hardship isn’t a thing.
So when it shows up at our door with jagged teeth, we fuss and fight and hide.
