- Meaning: I'm not thinking about virtual, often inane issues, opinions, and likes during my day, and suddenly I'm living my life in whatever Ellie-way is most fulfilling.
Giving is always good.
- Meaning: even if I'm not sure if the homeless person I am giving the money to is going to use it to help themselves, it's still a good thing to give the money if it is coming from place of unconditional love.
Stay active during the day, sleep during the night.
- Meaning: my body functions best when it rises with the light, and shuts down with the night. Fighting real and natural sleep by watching a screen projecting a fake reality is ridiculous. Sitting around during the day and avoiding the world and the people in it is not fulfilling; being with and around people is sometimes so, so hard, but ultimately relationship with a real human - even bad relationship - is more fulfilling than relationship with a screen.
Defining myself really isn't as important as I make it out to be.
- Meaning: I don't need to know what I think about everything. I don't need to know "who I am". Go back to the stay active and in relationship with people and place and it'll all be okay.
Decide to be brave.
- Meaning: facing my fears and daily anxieties is legitimately scary as hell, but how else to move forward?
Lastly - do things I love.
- Meaning: no one knows the joys and sorrows of my heart the way I do. Seek what makes me come alive.
