How to Take Someone Off the 'Pedestal'

Hmm... how to take someone off the pedestal?

Well would you rather remove the person and let the pedestal stay? Or remove the pedestal altogether?

I choose the second option.

I thought about the first option for a second. I thought about removing the person from the pedestal and then replacing her with myself. But is that wise though? Is it wise to put myself so far above other people? Doesn't that risk an ego trip, which would then cause new issues in the future?

So my Gut said, "Remove the pedestal bro."

I replied, "True true you're right."

So... now what?

Pedestal has been removed.

Now wh____

HOLYSHIT everyone seems beautiful now, even myself. Why didn't I do this earlier?!

What was the purpose of the pedestal in the first place? To give myself another sliver of 'hope' of reaching happiness some day? Was it another deception of the happiness rat race? As the guy in Jurassic Park 1 said... "Clever girl." And by 'girl' here I mean my own mind, just to be clear.

Why does my mind try to trick itself into seeking happiness? Is this an eternal game that humanity must play? Humanity must learn how to catch itself as it starts to seek happiness? Is it possible that mankind's search for happiness on a global scale is what is destroying the planet? Did we get too macro just now?

Maybe a better question now is, "Now that the pedestal has been removed, how do I feel about MYSELF?" Well I'm just another beautiful person in this world on his own unique journey. It feels possible now to fall in love with the journey itself. It feels possible to commit to MYSELF. If you read my previous posts, you must have read that I had decided what commitment feels like right? Well now that I know what commitment feels like, I can CHOOSE to give it to MYSELF! And what does that look like? It looks like setting strong boundaries and living a lifestyle where my physical and mental health are a priority. 

Why should my physical and mental health be a priority? Because this would help me to be a better contributor to my society. 

Should I commit to being healthy in order to be happy? Or is it possible that the reason for committing to being healthy comes from being ALREADY happy? If that is so, how does one 'realize' happiness? I say realize because all the evidence points to 'happiness' being something that is unreachable. It's like trying to reach your right hand with your right hand. Bruh... that's already your right hand. Imagine getting stressed out about trying to find a way to reach your right hand with your right hand, it would seem silly to say the least right?

And what happens with the person who was taken off the pedestal? She is another beautiful person in this world on her own unique journey. If our paths cross again and our journeys merge that would be cooler than a snowman's side-boob, and if we never meet again I can still be happy for her journey and wish her the best.

Tear down the pedestals guys. Continue your journeys.

We got this and I'm cheering for you.

Much love.

PS: Here is 'how' I was able to remove the pedestal altogether.

This stuff requires the skill of visualization.

I visualized my SP (specific person) standing tall on a pedestal and I felt how much I admired her and put her above myself.

Next, I imagined the pedestal disintegrating and my SP being at my same eye-level (well a little bit under my eye-level because she's short like a cute smurf). I could still feel that I admired her but I no longer put her above me. I felt that I could just love her for existing.

Then I visualized myself in a place full of people, like a shopping mall. And I felt that I could appreciate everyone's existence! I also felt that I wished that they would have a good day and great lives.

Then I realized that I was also one of the people in the shopping mall, and I also deserved to have a good day and a great life.

This is where I ended my visualization.

(If you'd like to share how you prefer to visualize this, please let me know in the comments!)