I'm realizing just how boring I've become. My world revolves around food. My hierarchy of needs has been reduced to the very basic level.
Hour-to-hour all I really think about is what I will eat next that will keep me momentarily satisfied and hopefully ward off the terrible nausea. When my appetite has been temporarily abated, I think about rest. I suppose it's a reflection of how good my life really is that I really don't need to worry about anything else. I live in a warm, comfortable home. My husband provides the necessary work/funds to provide for our needs. My daughter is in school all day and fairly self-sufficient when she is home. I suppose this could be both blissful and detrimental, having all this time and leisure. Previously, I had to occasionaly fight off feelings of discontent and restlessness, as is common to stay-at-home moms. I have noticed that hovering down at the bottom of the hierarchy is quite satisfying and removes those restless feelings that occur when rising up the levels. I believe that's part of the challenge of our world, to find joy and satisfaction while existing at these higher levels. Throughout the history of the world, most people existed in the bottom levels of needs and probably didn't have the time or energy to worry about the emotional aspects of life. Now that we have virtually every physical need met for us, and then some, it is our turn to work on the emotional dimensions of our being. I don't know how long this will last for me, but I'm enjoying my respite from the emotional world. Therefore, I am boring.
3 comments:
am i way off base here as i look at the pyramid, that i think as a society the less time we HAVE to spend in the lower levels the more our society begins to slip. Maybe it is because in the 'self actualization' level we selfishly only think about ourselves. I feel like the easier life becomes the more time we spend in self actualiztion the more self centered we as a society become...
Do you agree? Disagree?
I am always trying to find a reason for the way our society has begun to spiral (downward i feel) even just since the 1940s and 1950s. Lots of good things have happend but overall i feel like we live in a lazier, less respectful, less honorable society.
Yikes!
Did you ever think your blog post would elicit such a response!
Thanks for making my brain think today. I like it!
That was exactly my point...that the more time we spent in self-actualization, the more selfish we become, the less satisfied we are with our life. I'm glad that you were able to get that out of my ramblings, because I know it didn't make much sense. Self-actualization/leisure living provides us with challenges unknown before. That is part of the challenge of our time, to do good with what we have.
That was exactly my point...that the more time we spent in self-actualization, the more selfish we become, the less satisfied we are with our life. I'm glad that you were able to get that out of my ramblings, because I know it didn't make much sense. Self-actualization/leisure living provides us with challenges unknown before. That is part of the challenge of our time, to do good with what we have.
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