This is the easiest prompt I’ve had here so far.
For the sake of harmony, I could let go of everything – even my own life.
I’ll explain.
A life lived in chaos is your own hell and isn’t living at all. It’s surviving -and there’s no harmony in that. This is where suicide enters the conversation. Some people are unable to find harmony in this world. Eventually they find the tipping point and exercise the self-checkout option in hopes of finding harmony in the next life.
Material possessions? The more you have, the more pressure you feel to keep them. When the stock market crashes and you haven’t a “pot to piss in”, there’s no harmony there. Black Tuesday in the Autumn of 1929 didn’t get its name because it was a period of blue skies and rainbows.
Climbing the career ladder? Each footstep up the ladder requires more sacrifice and the higher you go the harder you hit when you fall. Once you hit bottom, you see all the sacrifices you made amounted to nothing – because it’s not a matter of “if”, it’s a matter of “when”. If you are delusional enough to believe otherwise, you’ll be more surprised than the first finger in your butt.
While family can be a source of support, they have the ability to drain the life out of you. I recently had to cut ties with my own sibling and mother for the toxic behavior they’ve put me through my entire adult life. Luckily, they made the choice easy. Where there’s never been harmony for me, now there is.
Harmony destabilizes when you place value on external “things” more than your internal peace. The belief in a happy medium is a lie we tell ourselves in order to maintain the wall protecting our ego.
They’ve cheated on everyone except you. They’ve lied to everyone but you. They abuse you because they love you. These are all facades we sell ourselves to find a harmony that does not exist in the space we so desperately want it to.
We cannot control the world around us. We can only choose how we react to it… and that’s where the choice for harmony is made.
Off The Rails 
Such great points. The first one is hard to digest. Do you still have those thoughts?
I also watched the Amtrak video last night. That was wild, I would’ve gone mad. To think you returned to fight another day takes an immense amount of courage. 🩵
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I battled with suicidal thoughts for months until one day I woke up and that entire mindset evaporated. It was such a weird experience. It was as though my mind said “that’s enough punishment” and since that day, nothing has been the same. I even had 3 people closely connected to me pass away within the last month and it hasn’t torpedo’d my stability. Thank you for your words. It took more strength than I thought I was capable of. But then again, I’ve always been extremely stubborn. lol
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That must be one experience. I’m unsure if you believe in miracles or God but someone divine is surely looking out for you.
I love that you own your story.
Being stubborn is not always bad is it 😉
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It’s been the most insane ride I’ve ever experienced -and that’s saying something. At the end of the day, the person responsible for me and my actions… is me. Acceptance and accountability can often be confused. I know it’s kept me in a fog for most of my life.
And being stubborn does have its perks. lol 😀 Btw- this response has inspired a blog post I plan to write in the near future. Thanks!
Have you considered opening your blog up for comments? I’ve seen several I was going to respond to, but do not appear to be open to replies.
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The comments box is working now. Do let me know. Forgot to mention it yo you yesterday
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Looking forward to the stubborn post. This is what amazes me, how a random word or communication can birth ideas ☺️.
Oh no, the comments don’t work? This WP is so complicated and I’m technologically challenged 😀. Getting this checked out. Thankyou for letting me know.
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