Chasing Better: Reflections in the Quiet of the Night
Sometimes I just lay in my bed, staying awake at night then after work or activities during the day I rest at home at night playing, letting off and replaying the activities that went on that day just like a movie. The conversations that I had. The world that I spoke all the and the bad experience.
This not because I'm so obsessed with my experience. I am just trying to correct some things because I want to understand why things happen. I'm always open to learn, I want to always figure out who I'm becoming tomorrow. And this is something that is very important to us as individuals because there's something magical when we find our quiet times. Where we pause for some moments on our experiences during our lifetime and this can help to make the right decision in the future.
These days we let the noise fade away around us and we just sit down, a meeting between you and your thoughts. I always think about this way sometimes. I begin to laugh with friends, I stumbled over some conversations, what I faced to make the right impression. I didn't speak when I was supposed to speak. I didn't have the courage to do things when I was supposed and at the end it all boils down to me regretting for my actions.
Sometimes I ask myself, did I do the right thing today? Did I listen attentively? Did I show up at the best of myself? Did I meet the right people today? Did I make the right impression today?
Those answer might stink to actually say it yourself. Maybe I was very harsh on someone and that made the person sad or I did not have the courage or comfort of someone that did not do the right thing. These moments aren't just failures but they are deep lessons telling us that we are not perfect, but they are just a message to signal to others that we can do better in the future.
Sometimes I smile, I remember just smiling. Those compliments you gave, the gifts we take, the moment was fully present. This night ritual that we normally call it, it's not about dwelling on the past but it's about reflection. It's about thinking what has happened before and usually needs to transform myself to what I want to be tomorrow. Something that is more braver, more better. That is why I keep making a quiet promise to myself to always try again, to keep showing up because every day is a chance to become a better person and a better.
Tonight, when you're back from work and you lie on your bed, you can just do this
night ritual and reflect on yourself. Then you can see what you can make up for the future.
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