Just Lozzy

We constantly search or strive towards something. We cannot help but set goals. Maybe its our human condition to strive to be the best . As cavemen we had to strive to be the best hunter to compete with others to survive. If we survived ... well ... we won. So maybe today our species is at a loss as to how to feed that desire to be the best. No longer is surviving a great enough win for many of us in the western world. But our brains have not changed. It feeds us with the same intensity to chase our own goals as our ancestors did at surviving . Suddenly buying a house or progressing in a career has the same intensity as surviving. The brain cannot adapt to something it has not experienced although its pre-set features still work. One persons stress can be anothers mild inconvenience. Its all perspective. So maybe we find our own measures of success to feed our animalistic brains. We cannot understand the world without goals. We cannot relate to others without an understanding o

Lately life has been so busy I barely notice the days slipping by. A new job is sapping all of my time and energy but I am getting so much experience and joy out of it that I wouldn't have it any other way. While commuting I have been listening to the 'happy place' podcast by fern cotton and I have really been relating to and being intrigued by some of the thoughts they have been exploring. So much so in fact, that I wrote a poem about it (please see below). I've been interested in the idea of being in control of how we pecieve the world, how we respond and how we feel. I think it's easy to blame 'bad events' or 'bad people' for our moods without taking responsibility for our own wellbeing. I think we forget that how we act and how we speak (even when angry/sad) impacts the world around us. Food for thought I think. Bright Some light flickers,  But seek to shine,  When light holds even,  Emotions are mine We seek constant,  But f