image ©True Delorenzo, a local San Diego Artist
This month I have made an intention to focus on choices. This also ties into my last 2 month’s articles about addiction and making impulsive decisions in the moment out of desperation and fear to fill some void within, or to bypass an uncomfortable feeling we may be experiencing in the moment. I also explained how important it is to just sit with those uncomfortable feelings.
In this fast paced society, I think we often feel as if we have to do everything quickly, and we are always in a mad rush. We want everything right now. I believe that when we don’t take the proper time to reflect on the choices we are making, we create drama and confusion in our lives and leave trails of regret looming behind us.
I have been learning about patience and reflecting on my own life and how many hasty decisions I have made in the moment out of pure emotion. Emotions come and go, and when we are in the ‘heat of the moment’ and swirling around in a sea of emotion, that would be the worst moment to make a decision because the emotion is not accompanied with reason.
When we take time to reflect, we can look into the future and make reasonable decisions. We can see our path ahead and how our choice will affect ourselves and everyone around us. We can properly assess whether our decision will be a long term benefit for us, and clearly see the different paths laid out before us and where they will lead us. Then we can conserve our energy by making the right choices for us, instead of wasting time and energy on making hasty choices that we are not even sure we want in the first place.
Reflecting allows us to have an inner dialogue and gives us an opportunity to get to know ourselves better, asking questions like what do I want? What is important for me in my life? What I like, or don’t like. We can utilize our past experiences as balancing factors when we make our choices. This is when we become wise. This is when we grow up and ground into ourselves, our bodies and our lives. So, my advice is the next time you are in a tizzy of emotion, just as we do with children…take a time out. It can make a world of a difference and save a lot of energy that otherwise would have been wasted spending time cleaning up our messes.
* I have included the picture by a local San Diego Artist named True Delorenzo
About the artist: His unique style, a phrase coined “post 9-11 abstract expressionism,” which combines elements of surrealism, pop art, cubism, and 1950’s abstract expressionism. His art often encompasses a nonrepresentational style influenced by psychological theories and the unconscious by the use of formal distortion, bold and often un-naturalistic use of color, and slashing brushwork.
True’s emotional oil and acrylic gestures are meant to convey ‘true’ reality of modern life after the turn of the 21st century and the intense force of the Now Generation.
True’s expansive collection and motivated art career is one to watch for in the near future.
His website is http://truedelorenzo.wix.com/true3000
Email: truedelorenzo@gmail.com
Facebook: facebook.com/truedelorenzo
Twitter: @true3000
Mobile: (619) 339-7634
