To Me But The Younger She

 Why is it that we always use preceding events in our life to try and define life lessons we think would be valuable to our future self, to younger generations, or to those who are actively seeking any type of advice to cling onto? What I want to do is to completely switch this notion of thinking, and not ask what I can offer to my younger self, but what my younger self can offer to me. When did we become so intent on thinking that the older we get the more we know?

 If we truly look back in our younger years, in the years before we were taught judgement, insecurity, possession, greed, desires, this is where we can take the learnings we need to live a happy and fulfilling life. Our younger self should be standing in the forefront, waving all of the flags, shouting to us to wake up and remember who we used to be, and not be overshadowed by this inner desire to forge on with knowledge we think we've learned along the way. 

This switch can cause a revolution in who we look to for advice. Instead of joining lectures on how to be the best you, or downloading audio books on what true happiness looks like, we simply have to dig deep, and remember our self before we entertained the sound. 

I vote to not lecture our younger self, but let our younger self scold us. Scold us for straying so far from him or her, slap our wrists for running towards what wasn't meant to be ours, and insisting on putting all of our energy into that. Listen to her thunderous roars to pursue creativity, listen to his demanding drumming to sing, dance, & write. 

Let us remember our younger selves and let them pave the way for all of our future endeavors. We need to stop looking for answers, and hidden truths in past events, because in  all reality if we were listening to our younger selves from the beginning, we may of not of even of had to struggle as much as we did. 

The portrayal this type of thinking argues can be harsh, and not easily digestible to most, but odd and unusual diagnoses usually are. Straying from living a life of thoughts that are accumulated from other's learnings, from past experiences, cant really be used as unique examples of how someone else should live, because with the resistance of listening to ones' true self, it wasn't even meant for them to begin with.  

To think that we truly have gone through unnecessary pain and failures, because we simply failed by not listening to ourselves, is to me the true essence of where our greed lies. We are so busy drowning out our internal voice, and instinct, and trying to ensure our ego is proud of us, that we forget who we are. The simplicity in drowning out what doesn't serve us seems as if it is something we should be inherently doing, but in all reality we don't. 

So when asked what advice I would give my younger self, I wouldn't, I would shut-up and listen.