Welcome to afishoutofwater.blog To my fellow travelers, the quietly unraveling, the beautifully undone—this space was made with you in mind. You know who this is for? It’s for the one quietly unraveling in a world that only rewards certainty. The one who feels like they lost the map, only to discover it never quite fit […]
If they truly love and care for you, your happiness will be more important to them than your conformity to their preferences and expectations. Stop living for the approval of those whose primary interest is not your happiness and bliss. Recognize that they value your conformitymore than your happiness.That is not love or care;it is […]
Deep within you lies an incredible source of wisdom – an internal guidance system far more powerful than your conscious mind. This inner guide – your intuition, higher self, or the presence of God – holds insights, ideas, and paths forward that you can’t access through logic alone. Think of those flashes of inspiration that […]
Living too much in my head wasn’t serving me. Back in 2016, I realized there must be a better, more authentic way to understand reality than through the constant chatter of my mind. I longed for a deeper connection – with myself, the world, and something greater. I asked God, the Universe, the Holy Spirit, […]
Time is an illusion. That is not to say it is ‘not real’. Time is an illusion because it is not what it appears to be. Time is how we perceive reality i.e. in sequential linear events. Yet what the mind perceives and translates into your experience as sequential and linear, stretching from the past […]
The questions you have are more important than the answers because that is where your potential is. Trust your questions more than your answers. Question some of your conclusions and lean more into the unknown. Adyashanti We are susceptible to accepting certain answers because of the comfort and succour they give us. Hence, it ias […]
Perspective is good for the soul from time to time. Shakespeare is quoted as saying ‘life is a stage, and we are all actors on it’? Perhaps it is time to wake up from the illusion that the drama in our lives really matter. They don’t in the grand scheme of things. ‘Be still and […]
Sometimes our fearful and limited mind perceives and interprets situations we face as being ‘world ending’ or ‘soul crushing’! Despite our best efforts, there seems no way out and no silver linning in the cloud. Depression and anxiety can feel like this too. The darkness, the pain and the anquish is real. But there can […]
If we take a view of life as a battle or quest to get, achieve or overcome SOMETHING or arrive SOMEWHERE, then we place a huge target on our backs for the arrows of pain, suffering, frustration and distraction. However, an alternative approach is to view LIFE AS A JOURNEY with no accidents or mistakes, […]
Often, we don’t have control over the timing, nature and location of the storms that arise within or around us. However, we can choose to put our lives on hold by focusing on the storm, OR press on regardless by consciously and deliberately focusing on the positives instead. Brolly anyone? Let’s go dancing in the […]