The most fundamental and basic four layers of the pyramid contain what Maslow called "deficiency needs" or "d-needs": esteem , friendship and love, security, and physical needs. If these "deficiency needs" are not met, the body gives no physical indication but the individual feels anxious and tense.
This is the perfect explanation of what is going on through my head - At. This. Precise. Moment.
I do not think my basic needs are met, and by basic I mean job (which I do have one, just don't know whats next) and hence I have been at my worse performance at work. Ever. Personal security and financial security are somewhat linked to my job and the future that awaits for me there, a future I no longer look forward to and a job I have not been doing so well at, and despise every day a bit more. Then there is health and well-being: I can say I am overall a healthy person, but lately (due to stress) I have not been able to enjoy my health. To extent I am now going to a chiropractor for physical therapy.
I figured that if I cannot meet my "second level" in Maslow's hierarchy of needs, then no wonder why I cannot move on and have the third layer of human needs met, which are social and involve feelings of belongingness.
I will go back to basics, maybe after I have my shit together, then the pieces of the puzzle will follow.
I believe that the important thing is to try your best to understand what is going on and why are things not working out the way you'd like to, and then act upon that.
Today is Back to basics, day 3
-D
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
Is the rest really unwritten?
Do you read your horoscope on a daily basis? or how about going to visit these people that read the cards, or your palms, and can predict your future?
I wonder if the future is ever really "written". Some people call it coincidence and others call it destiny. Then how do we know wether or not we can change our future? and if our future is really written, then there is not some much need that we continuously try to influence it.
The reason why I wonder is because I find myself at a crossroads facing an important decision, and it is so hard to determine what the best option is - and it is at these times when I wish I could see through a crystal bowl what my future holds. However, whenever something does not go the way I planned, I tell myself that God has a plan, or that this is destiny or is happening for a reason.
I do believe that things happen for a reason, but how do we learn what the reason is/was? and how do we know that the "other" decision we could have taken, would have led us to a different series of events. I guess we just live content with the decision we make, no turning back. But how about before we make that decision, what happens then?
And then, to what extent can we influence our future? some will say that we write our own book, and every day is a new page, and we have to think positively for our goals to come true. That we need to follow that dream that leads our lives. But other times hear "You are supposed to become a Doctor, it's written."
And what happens when you don't know what your dream is? what happens to your book then?
I guess today I did not have 1000 things to tell you, but 1000 things to ask you.
-D
I wonder if the future is ever really "written". Some people call it coincidence and others call it destiny. Then how do we know wether or not we can change our future? and if our future is really written, then there is not some much need that we continuously try to influence it.
The reason why I wonder is because I find myself at a crossroads facing an important decision, and it is so hard to determine what the best option is - and it is at these times when I wish I could see through a crystal bowl what my future holds. However, whenever something does not go the way I planned, I tell myself that God has a plan, or that this is destiny or is happening for a reason.
I do believe that things happen for a reason, but how do we learn what the reason is/was? and how do we know that the "other" decision we could have taken, would have led us to a different series of events. I guess we just live content with the decision we make, no turning back. But how about before we make that decision, what happens then?
And then, to what extent can we influence our future? some will say that we write our own book, and every day is a new page, and we have to think positively for our goals to come true. That we need to follow that dream that leads our lives. But other times hear "You are supposed to become a Doctor, it's written."
And what happens when you don't know what your dream is? what happens to your book then?
I guess today I did not have 1000 things to tell you, but 1000 things to ask you.
-D
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