As a stressed out human being, you‘ve probably heard this a thousand times

As a stressed out human being, you‘ve probably heard this a thousand times

but are you actually doing it?

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What I‘m about to tell you is so eye-rollingly cliché you‘ll probably scroll away.

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But I‘m going to tell you anyways, one last time ;)

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For I have a feeling it could give you some real peace of mind, for good.

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So let’s go on this path together and see it appear as we walk it, shall we?

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The “wisdom“ I‘m gonna share with you is: Everything passes.

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You‘ve heard it a thousand times, but let me tell you my story

so you‘ll be able to actually apply it:

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I‘m on a road trip right now and I just observed how a stormy cloud passed by.

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While driving under the cloud all you could see was heavy rain.

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But a few minutes later, we drove out of the cloud

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and the sky was painted blue,

the landscape bathed in sunlight

and the day felt lighthearted again.

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It‘s weird because I looked back and there still was that dark heavy cloud of rain back there

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and in front of us was the most picture-perfect sunny landscape.

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It‘s such a weird feeling because normally when you‘re at home and it rains,

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it rains as long as the clouds are there and that‘s just the wheather of the day.

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But on the road, you can just drive past a cloud and the rainy wheather is gone too.

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It makes you realize that your current wheather isn‘t the whole world;

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It‘s just one cloud.

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And if it doesn‘t pass by, you can move out of there and leave it behind you ;)

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As I mentioned before, you‘ve probably heard of this metaphor already many times,

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but we often tend to understand something in theory

and forget to realize it and act accordingly in daily life.

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When someone tells you these cliché-like wisdoms you say yeah obviously

but when you look at your actions, do they reflect your understanding?

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So whenever you go through a tough time and feel like the whole world is mad at you,

remember everything passes just like clouds in the sky.

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And if the cloud doesn‘t pass by itself,

you can always get out of there with your own initiative by walking or driving out.

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P.S:

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So I haven‘t told you anything new here,

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but maybe I could give you a new perspective that will make you finally do what you heard a thousand times.

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And I think that‘s the value that every human life brings;

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If you feel like you‘re not special or creative,

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remember that the whole meaning of life is that the same things unfold through different forms:

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You see the clouds on the sky all will release rain at some point,

so they‘re all doing the same thing.

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But some clouds look like a dragon,

other‘s like a bird,

some remind you of a loved one,

others of random objects,

and every cloud has a slightly different form.

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So even though they‘re all doing the same thing,

they all have different forms and are doing it in their very own way.

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Just like humans.

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When you look broad, we humans aren‘t all too different, even though we‘d like to think so.

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And when we look narrow, we see that every individual does have his or her unique form, even though we might not feel special ourselves.

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So when you can realize both of those truths

and carry them through your life

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all while reminding yourself that every cloud i.e. phase of life passes,

maybe that will give you some peace for good.

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And maybe it will also encourage you to lean into whatever quirks you have,

whatever makes you unique.

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P.P.S:

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If you have questions about how to find your uniquenesses and lean into them

in a constructive way, or about anything else,

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feel free to leave them in the comments below

as I always aim to write about what interests and helps people.

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Meaning your question might turn into the next Blog.

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I look forward to seeing you in the comments!

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Thanks for reading!

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Yours sincerely

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The soulful scientist

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