The voice inside

Lately I've been questioning things. I have been so happy this year, and yet there are times when I don't feel fully alive. As if life has been put on hold.

 

What causes this?

 

I don't know for sure, but perhaps there might be something inside all of us that gives us feedback about whether we're moving in the right direction in life or not. An internal voice that we have access to at all times, and yet sometimes it feels like this voice speaks in another language. You can hear the basic emotion behind it, but can't understand the words.

 

I think we've been so conditioned to shush this voice since we were babies, because, well, you just can't do whatever you want. You have to conform to society and rules if you want to survive here. Then as we grew, this voice was so often replaced with programmed messages coming from someone's agenda. Ads, TV shows, articles, news, parents, friends, lovers... So many external voices teaching us what to believe and to want. So how do you know which desires are actually yours?

 

I guess this is it. When something makes you feel alive, it's good. When something makes you feel dead inside, it's wrong. It might not always make sense. The voice of reason might be advising you otherwise... But maybe the voice of reason is someone else's voice.

Done