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This is true... I think it comes down to self-actualization, which is something that can take decades, or never happen at all... But accepting yourself for who/what you are is a big step towards that.
And in doing so, you learn to accept others for who they are.
Except Nazis. Fuck Nazis.
Amen! 46 and happy to confirm, although for me the break point was at 30 when my first child was born. An earlier breakthru was around 27 when doing my second outing of zen meditation and realising that my thoughts are not me, but more like the wind on my face, they come and go.
So my 5 euro-cents on this: become a parent or meditate to accelerate the process :)
Preach. Welcome to 40. Where life becomes beautiful because you realised you were letting it be controlled by other's opinions of you and they have a long way to go to find peace and happiness.
There is nothing more to do now but start enjoying the world, that tree over there, and the characters you meet along the way. Everything is beautiful when you finally start looking through your own eyes, not the lenses of others.
I wish I could transfer this mindset to younger people, but it only comes through time. Accept your insignificance, realise what you can do, and make every step forward being about joy for yourself and for others along the way. It all gets better when that clicks, but it feels like you have to be broken by it all first.
Accept your insignificance
Your whole comment was great, but I think this is the most important part. Nothing matters in the grand scheme of things. Human history is a few thousand years, the universe is 13.8 billion years old.
Nobody cares about your trendy clothes, your car, or any of that. Do what you like and enjoy those around you who have had the same realization. Some people never do and I feel sorry for them.
In a recent Astrum video the host was talking about the state of the Earth in the upcoming millions of years. The Earth's crust is always reshaping. We just don't see it because our time here is so short. After we as humans are gone every thing we've done as a civilisation will be covered over under layers of new crust. Buildings will fall, the toxic mess will be settled, some life will continue after us, and new forms of life may arise. Thinking in that grander scale, nothing we do really matters. All we can do is try to not be shitty assholes within the ocean of shitty assholes around us. We'll all end up under a compacted layer of new Earth crust and eventually be swallowed up by our own sun. And that thought makes me feel calm.
Get to the gym and taken daily vitamins. Take care of yourself. You'll be ok.
Please eat fruits and vegetables, supplements are (mostly) a scam!
Don't forget about beans, nuts, lentils, and fermented foods. Kimchi, sauerkraut, kombucha, or good (not full of sugar) yogurt.
Let food by thy medicine.
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Yes, I agree.
I do take these though that they recommend as well as collagen peptides and Omega-3 fish oil. Thank you for sharing.
You can ditch the fish oil and eat a hand full of walnut a week, or (my favorite) eat half a tea spoon of grinded flax seed a day. I love the taste of flax seeds!
Interesting! Sources?
I have it from Michael Greger @ nutritionfacts.org as he cites all his sources. But now I was lazy and just did search:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2989356/
Abstract
(...) The purpose of the present review was to identify the known cardiovascular effects of flaxseed and alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) and, just as importantly, what is presently unknown.
Conclusion
In view of these data, it is possible to advocate a potential pleiotropic effect of ALA beyond the more conventional cholesterol-lowering actions of most cardiovascular drugs. Most importantly, the body of ALA research now argues persuasively for the initiation of careful, randomized, controlled trials of dietary flaxseed and/or ALA in a patient population with symptoms of atherosclerotic heart disease.
So...we got nothing 😅.
As someone older than you… you continue to toughen as you age. Remember that younger you who had surges of emotions about events and remember to stay sensitive. Caring about others and about yourself is important.
Same.