When it comes to the kind of confusion that makes you wonder about the deeper questions of life, this is not entirely unexpected. And yet those are the kind of questions that have the potential to throw us into a spiritual conundrum. Let’s face it: we have more time to ourselves these days and maybe this encounter with confusion is a normal result of our brains finally picking up on ideas we simply have not followed up on in the past.
These deep questions make us consider ideas in ways we may not be completely used to or equipped for – because for most of us it’s such a rare occurrence that we think about the bigger picture. Many of you may not even have the right vocabulary to express the ideas that pop into your heads. Or you feel silly bringing some stuff up in casual conversation because you get a sense that either you have gone a little crazy or the people around you may not understand what the hell you are talking about. All these things add to a sense of being alone and lost and without the necessary tools to dig yourself out of that enormous rabbit hole again. And so you stay surrounded by question marks, by big ideas that may not quite fit your world view, and experiences that you are having trouble lining up with what you consider normal life. Well: which ‘normal’ are we talking about here? The ‘old normal’ (pre-Covid) seems to be a thing of the past and one can only hope we’ll all take elements from the ‘new normal’ into the synthesis that the ‘future normal’ will turn out to be. Everything is currently in flux, so why wouldn’t your thoughts and internal processes be affected by it? Let’s consider your options here: you can either stay worried about that understandable confusion, or you can embrace whatever makes sense to you and leave the rest to simmer for now. Personally, I’d rather see the opportunities that this mental shake-up brings me than run myself ragged from remaining confused over things that may ultimately sort themselves out through the simple expedient of living with them for a while.
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