The Mountain you were meant to climb

When a reporter once asked me what the world needs, I quickly answered LOVE.

The world needs more love.

I know now that it was probably the cheesiest thing that I could have said, but I believe it's true.

The World needs LOVE. I think this might be one thing we can all agree on that. That and the fact that we could use more common sense.  I think people can agree on that too.

But, what does that mean? How do I create that in my world? Would it even make a difference in this great big world we live in?

In short, the real answer is yes and no?.

YES, whatever you do will make a difference in the world.  Maybe moreso your immediate world.  And NO it won't make a difference in the world as a whole.

This is what we talk about in today's episode of The Madness Method Podcast

Everybody says that chivalry is dead.

If you look at the world, social media, the interactions we have everyday, you would think the same. It seems sociatey has lost its manners and is having a hard time finding its way back.  Wherever I look, I can't help but feel that the chivalry that made us kind is lost.

But, I'm one person that believes it is not.

Just as quick as we are to find the bad, there is so much good.  The good in humanity that lives under the rock.  Hidden in a way that can only be seen in the smallest of interactions. It's in our neighborhoods, it's in the good deeds done and the help that is offered.

Chivalry is very much alive. 

This is what we are going to focus on today. 

But what do you think?  Is chivalry dead?

Everyone of us has that one friend that desn't believe us.

They are the skeptic.  The kryptonite to our Superman, the paper to our rock.  In their own sweet way, they simply have the other side of thought that usually is negative to us.

This episode is for them.

To the skeptic that doesn't believe, this is for you.  The realist in you sees one way of looking at the world and that typically is a point of view that could be negative at times.  And the person that sees thing positively can be seen as fake.

But what if it wasn't?

What if the other point of view isn't fake at all and just another point of view?  What if that point of view could possibly create a result that is more favorable to you?  A result that paints things differently?  Could that POV live in your world?

This is what we'll be covering today in this episode.

I believe that we can find lessons from the most uncommon places.

Case in point.

I heard a quote the other day that talked about weeds.  After a deep dive, i learned so much about this little plant that relates so much to life.  Learning to be jsut as determined as this guy and to say yes when everything else in it's world says no.

That's pretty amazing.

If you're looking for your bit of inspiration today, the thing that keeps you moving one more step forward in the face of adversity, then you're gonna want to check out this episode.

For as long as we could remember, we have had expectations.  Expectations we set ourselves and expectations that are set on us.

And for just as long we have had a certain set of stressors as a result of those expectations. A certain set of identities that we have attached to the results of the expectations.  As if to say this is what you are. No more, no less.

But what if those expectations weren't set? What if there was no expectation to worry about, to stress about?

I would imagine the life lead from that thought could create something quite exciting.

The word perfect often has the concept of something that is very difficult to attain.  Like finding a four leaf clover.

But the bigger question is who created that concept? By who's definition are we basing the standard on? and What if I changed my idea of what perfect is?

If I told you that you were perfect already, then you would be searching for something that is already with you. Like a pair of sunglasses on to of your head. 

In today's episode we talk about these concpets and more and challenge the status quo of what it means to be perfect in our society. 

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Have you ever had a friend go through a struggle?

Ever want to help them out of it?

I’m sure many of us have had that happen to us in one time or another. The natural inclination to help that friend is so ingrained. But what if I told you that your friend didn’t need any help? 

That they didn’t need you to get them out of that struggle but rather allow them the opportunity to go through their stuff on their own.

There is another way that you can help. And that’s the focus of the lesson today.

Tune in.  

Arguably one of the biggest topics of 2022 aare the words we use. How we use and what they mean. 

But what happens when one word means something to one persona and then completely something different to another?

How do we manage the conundrum that is speech?

In this episode, we focus on the first and only part that we can actually control. What we think and the response that we give when we hear any word.

It's sure to get your brain thinking and challenge the status quo.

Ever think of the 2020 phrase separate but together?

It focused on the idea that we are separate physically but all in this thing together.  

To a degree, it pertains to all of life.  As separate and individual as every life is, there is only one planet that we call home and we all live in it together. 

Based on that theory, we can also say that there is not many, but only one.  That we are all one and a thing do is not done to another, rather done to us and odne to me.

If you have no idea what I'm talking about, this episode is for you.  We dive into the idea that separateness does not exist and why integration is the only true thing we have.

Keeping up with the Jonses, with the Kardashians, with society, with the world.  So many things we have to keep up with and for what?  For the stress and worry of being compared to that of another.

What if you no longer had that worry or stress?  What if you didn't compare and only appreciated?

One of the hardest and longest lessons I learned was the lesson to let go of comparing myself to others. It's amazing the feeling you have when you don't have that worry.

The lesson of today focuses on understanding what comparison really is and how we can learn to appreciate difference and ourselves while releasing the expectation of comparing one to another.