IJCH — Inside JaiChai’s Head (Meaning: My Warped, Personal Opinions and Musings)
From the Author:
Salutations.
I am JaiChai.
And if I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting you before, I’m delighted to make your acquaintance now.
For my returning online friends, “It’s always great to see you again!
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Ain’t this a bitch?
The harder you try to rush making important life decisions, the more difficult they are to make, no?
In such cases, sometimes it’s best to pause, chill and work on quieting your mind and calming your soul.
Do something frivolous, yet deliciously fun.
Once you feel lighter, free from the burden of stubborn anxieties and oblivious to all the surrounding, unimportant noise, then and only then can you do some productive soul searching.
Deep, honest introspection is a frightening experience.
It’s so scary that most people spend their entire lives avoiding it; praying that the endless parade of meaningless distractions never ends.
But making that terrifying, inward journey to your True Core is the only way to find out what’s truly important to you, the REAL YOU.
All who embark on this ultimate mind trip are surprised by what they find; or in my case, see all that was “visibly absent” from my previous long held narrative.
It’s different for everyone. We are all unique, a one-of-a-kind combination of stardust.
Don’t think you have to fly solo here.
On the contrary, sharing your thoughts, hopes and dreams is catharsis for you and ultimately, supremely fair to your loved ones in the end.
Now for some personal observations about our experiential Universe, the aggregate of >7 Bln individual perceptions of reality.
It’s impossible to predict the full effects of your decisions and actions; even the most trivial or mundane ones — much less wager on the outcome resulting from the potentially life-changing ones.
I have never known or met anyone with the ability to force the Universe into submission, to acquiesce to his demands, to follow his plans and personal timetables, etc.
So, as far as I’m concerned, it’s impossible and any attempts are a wasteful use of my “unknown quantity” of sentient life time units.
Things happen when they happen. And it’s all the same until it isn’t. For me, “It” — no matter what “It” is — is neither good or bad, “It” just “Is”.
I reckon it’s time to tie all this together with this ending anecdote.
Hope the final message is somewhat coherent. But if it isn’t, so be it. ’Cause another proofreading and editing of these musings is definitely out of the question!
Okay. Here goes…
“When I was young and in a life situation much similar to yours…
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[I ran away from home at 13 y/o, stole my sister’s car, lived “by hook or by crook” on the streets of Miami, Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale, Florida until I was old enough to join the U.S. Military.]
…paradoxically, I found out that the fastest, but hardest thing to do at that age was to simply be still and “allow” things to manifest.
Truly wish the same happens to you too…”
In lak’ech, JaiChai.
“Really Appreciate You Stopping By. Truly hope to see you again!”
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About the Author:
Believing that school was too boring, he dropped out of High School early; only to earn an AA, BS and MBA in less than 4 years much later in life — while working full-time as a Navy/Marine Corps Medic.
In spite of a fear of heights and deep water, he performed high altitude, free-fall parachute jumps and hazardous diving ops in deep, open ocean water.
After 24 years of active duty, he retired in Asia.
Since then, he’s been a full-time, single papa and actively pursuing his varied passions (Writing, Disruptive Technology, Computer Science and Cryptocurrency — plus more hobbies too boring or bizarre for most folk).
He lives on an island paradise with his girlfriend, teenage daughter and three dogs.
(JaiChai 8–31–2021. Simultaneous multi-site submissions posted. All rights reserved.)
Originally published at https://steemit.com on August 31, 2021.
