Today, we understand that there is a close connection between our mind and our health. We have so much information about ourselves (even though it often feels like we still don't know enough), but we can’t seem to evaluate it effectively. This is because we lack emotional intelligence.
Most of us never had a subject like emotional intelligence in school. Although people started researching it in the 1980s, after all these years, no one has fought hard enough to make it part of the curriculum. I no longer ask why, as that doesn’t solve anything. Instead, I ask what we can do today to become more aware of our feelings, to recognize when something is off, and to detect when things are out of balance—leading us to feel stuck in life.
I believe that everyone wants to grow, but without acknowledging our feelings, it’s impossible to reach our full potential.
We often talk about science, data, and facts, but these alone aren’t enough for a happy life. We lose our balance while trying to gather all the data to maximize efficiency in our jobs, and we don’t notice that we’ve silently disconnected from ourselves.
We devalue our feelings because we don’t have formal education on them. We dismiss our intuition because people around us laugh when we say, “I don’t know, but I feel it’s right.” We don’t even understand what intuition is or how to use it.
We’ve adopted the mindset of our ancestors, who had to suppress their feelings to survive. But have they ever escaped survival mode? Have they ever truly lived?
Painting is one way to quiet the mind. It allows you to observe both what the paints create and how your mind and gut react to the movements that form the image on the canvas.
I paint what I see around me and what I think we often overlook. Some aspects of nature are disappearing before our eyes, and instead of caring for what’s left, we sink into depressive states, deciding we are hopeless. This creates a destructive environment in our bodies, which we then pass on to others.
So, I ask: what can you do today to start recognizing your feelings?
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