Reflection: Golden Globes! :)

As I close my eyes and drift away to a land where there is love, health, peace, and blessings. I wanted to take the time to think and reflect.

     The truth is that yesterday I came across the following tweet: 

I was thinking about this tweet, and if you have been following along, or reading my previous thoughts you will probably know that I believe that human beings should possess, harness, and learn to cultivate desire from an intrinsic level, from within. But I also believe in the extrinsic; a healthy motivation that arrives from beyond the self. This could be in the form of a loving mentor, caring teachers, parents, coaches, or anyone who has an inspiring effect. There must be a healthy internal desire, but this is something that needs to be cultivated, and not everyone will possess the internal drive to do this, in other words there are individuals who need to be supported. This is also a quality that develops overtime, should one choose to develop this. However, there is more to this thought than formulating a healthy state when one is feeling alone. These states are also driven through culture, what a culture values, and the norms that are being cultivated. Western society is forged through the independent culture. We are groomed to be independent, learn to survive, and essentially make it in the big wide world. Whilst Eastern cultures are forged through a collectivist lens. Groups are formulated, and everyone looks out for each other, with the aim to contribute to each others success, or family goals. Whilst we can say that historically their have been different views from Eastern and Western perspectives, I also think that these views are becoming merged, meshed, entangled, so that there is a collection from both East and West. This can be attributed to migration, immigration, and also culture. As society grows, develops, there will be shifts in views, or what is valued. A good current example of this is when we hear of members of  society supporting each other, through the various views that are being held, raised or called into our awareness.

    Before I begin my next thoughts I would like to congratulate everyone who won, supported, and were present during the day of the Golden Globe awards. And also a special mention to Oprah who won the Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award. Oprah has enriched the lives of many, her words, inspiring life story, and thoughts exemplify my thoughts. In her speech she touched upon the many struggles that women are faced with, the patience, upheavals, and the desires. I thought about her words and realized that words, feelings,  and how our senses react to the words spoken through others, is also a form of collectivism.

As I heard her words, I began to relate. A woman's heart is a deep ocean, like a well, it only requires a soothing touch to release what it contains. You see even as we cultivate our dreams, desires, aspirations, nothing is ever done alone. Nor is an achievement achieved alone. While we ourselves are making decisions, driving the goals, or what we hope to achieve, it takes so much more than one person to solely achieve a goal. Even when the goal is achieved it takes more than one person to recognize the achievement of the goal. These thoughts return back to my earlier thoughts of loneliness, and the tweet that I have shared above. Being alone, or learning to be alone is a process. Not everyone will have the strength to be alone. Loneliness can result to a form of sickness, because human beings are wired for purpose. This is why we strive to reach the stage of self-actualization. We want to claim who we are, we want to be who we are, so that we can claim our purpose and give back.   

     Shazi's Short Note:
During this years Golden Globe awards we witnessed the call for the ending of harassment in Hollywood, which probably stems from power struggles, or power relations. In must be noted that  power relations are forged in every industry. There is a difference to cultivating trust, placing value upon fidelity, than that of harassment. These issues can be explored though discussion, raising awareness, maybe there needs to be room for this discussion, for a certain period of time? However, I have also learned that wounds don't heal if you keep touching them. While giving yourself time to heal, there must be a simultaneous effort to strive to achieve where we want to be, grow, and progress as an individual, or a society. While we discuss the issues that women are faced with, we must also remember that not all men are harassers, there are men like women who are trying to make it, achieve goals, and also be supportive of women who have been through struggles. But there are individuals who are predators. 

Dedication: These words are dedicated to everyone who spoke, shared their stories at the Global Globe Awards, and to all human beings. My thoughts to share with love & kindness! :) 

These thoughts were originally hand written on January 8th 2018, at 1.00AM
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