Are you an Everyday Seeker?
everyday
eve·ry·day [ˈɛvrɪˌdeɪ]
commonplace or usual; ordinary
seeker
seek·er [sē′kər]
someone making a search or inquiry
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
~ Mahatma Gandhi
I believe that we all need to be the change that we want to see in the world. It all starts with you and me, with individuals, with everyday people who strive to live their authentic and best lives. I believe that every person who lives authentically is changing their own little part of the world.
You are an Everyday Seeker if you are an everyday person who searches for something deeper and meaningful, strives to live a mindful life. You are on the path of growth, development, and change. Not change into something new, something that you are not, but into something that is already inside of you.
Although you are an everyday person, you are not satisfied with the average. You do not accept the minimum of life. You want more, you want to live your best life and be your best self. You ask questions and seek answers on how to accomplish that; how to live the best life possible and live up to your potentials.
You are a person who chooses to live your life with an effort and commitment to fulfill the potential that exists within you. You do not accept some smaller version of yourself. You commit yourself to learning and growing.
You are an Everyday Seeker if you are a person who lives an everyday life looking for answers in everyday experiences, not isolated from the world. You seek your own truth and ways to live mindfully and authentically.
Why dragonfly?
Dragonfly is a symbol of wisdom and change, metamorphosis and transformation and that is something that Everyday Seekers seek in their lives in order to reach their full potential.
Also, dragonfly represents adaptability, joy and lightness of being, the realm of emotions, invitation to dive deeper into your feelings, being on the lookout for illusions and deceits, whether are external or personal. This is all part of an authentic life.
What is mindfulness?
Mindfulness is a way of perceiving the world, inner and outer. It includes living in the moment, being in the now, but also, it is the way you look at your emotions, thoughts, events that are happening to you, your circumstances and the world around you.The goal is to perceive all events as neutral and just experience them without adding any labels and meaning to them. The goal is to accept all of your thoughts, feelings, and expressions as they come and let them unfold naturally without putting any attachment to them.If you approach them from that detached place, from the place of non-judgment, if you just observe them to see what happens, how they look, what color they are, how they taste, and what shape they have, then you will see that they have no power over you. You will see through them, you will see the space behind them, they will just dissolve and all that will be left is you as an observer.From that place, answers and solutions to your struggles will come.Mindfulness is more than just a practice, more than meditation and more than a stress reduction program. Mindfulness is a way of living and a way of being.“Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn’t more complicated than that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it.” ~ Sylvia Boorstein
Mindfulness principles
Detachment
People often get attached to feelings, emotions, and thoughts. They tend to replay pleasurable experiences over and over again, but also tend to dwell on unpleasant experiences. By letting go (not forgetting but releasing attachment) of everything that comes your way, you remain unstuck, in the flow of life.Being in the now
By letting go, you are able to focus on the present moment, live in the now, and that is the only moment that exists. The past is behind you and you cannot change it, you can just learn from it, and the future is yet to come and the only place from which you can influence its outcome is in the present.Non-judgment
People tend to attach labels to their experiences and judge them as good or bad and view their emotions as positive or negative. One of the mindfulness principles is to not judge anything or add your story to it but observe things as they are.Openness
This means letting go of your rigid view of the world, thinking that your way is the only way, letting go of thought patterns and beliefs and being open to everything, being open to new experiences, other perspectives, and other points of view.Acceptance
Acceptance means to stop trying to change your reality by force or acting like a victim. With acceptance, you are aware that you can change your reality only by taking responsibility for your life and your actions. By acceptance, you are both trusting and surrendering to life and taking conscious actions to make things happen.Who am I?
I am a life coach, writer, producer, entrepreneur, designer, dreamer, seeker, life passionista, and a much, much more.
But first of all, I am just a regular everyday person and I have spent a lot of years of my life seeking the answers on how to be my best self and live my best life – a mindful life. I am trying to improve, grow, and learn. That is something that never ends. I am trying to live authentically every day and I am striving to be the best version of myself and live up to my potentials.
I have read many books and taken many courses, programs and workshops to find those answers, but most importantly, I lived through a lot of experiences that made me who I am today and helped me grow and become my best self. I struggled with depression, an eating disorder, health problems, pain from losing my father at the age of 12, a challenging and painful childhood, and finding my purpose and meaning.
I overcame a lot of pain, struggles, obstacles, and setbacks and I can tell you from experience that it can be done. You can come to the other side stronger, wiser, better, and more complete as a person. You can find yourself and your truth through life’s hard situations and moments. You can have mindfulness in everyday life.
“I am one of the searchers. There are, I believe, millions of us. We are not unhappy, but neither are we really content. We continue to explore life, hoping to uncover its ultimate secret. We continue to explore ourselves, hoping to understand.
We like to walk along the beach, we are drawn to the ocean, taken by its power, its unceasing motion, its mystery and unspeakable beauty. We like forests and mountains, deserts and hidden rivers, and the lonely cities as well…
We, searchers, are ambitious only for life itself, for everything beautiful it can provide…For wanderers, dreamers, and lovers, for lonely men and women who dare to ask of life everything good and beautiful. It is for those who are too gentle to live among wolves.”
~ James Kavanaugh
My not guilty pleasures
I’m in love with life and I think it’s magical. I’m a big kid and a dreamer. I do what I love, I love what I do, and I don’t see it as work.
I love and enjoy reading (anything and everything, from spiritual literature, literary classics, and expert books to SF and romance novels), music (I perceive music very emotionally so I listen to whatever moves me), long walks in the woods, long conversations with loved ones (if they are combined with long walks then you can’t shush me), laughing (especially with loved ones during long conversations combined with long walks), dancing (to 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s rock music), good tea (my favorites are Yogi teas, all tastes and types), rain (especially walking in the rain, but it’s not bad under a blanket either), snow and snowflakes (and again, there are those walks but also a blanket, especially with a good book or good music and a cup of tea)… and the list goes on.
