Everyone talks of the recipe for success.
But what about the recipe most people still traditionally concoct?
You know, the one that keeps you stuck with the life that seems impossible to escape.
For many it’s a comfort food, like the recipe for the fruitcake that no one actually likes, but is baked because it’s been handed down for generations.
Take a generous helping of beliefs. Add a pinch of doubt, a smidgen of fear, and mix well with a handful of shame. Pour in a measure of guilt. Add a cupful of importance, and blend with attachment.
For added effect, add a measure of despair, and boil off any excess hope. Chuck in a sprig of pain, and a generous dollop of anxiety.
Mix up well in a bowl made from social construct, coated in other people’s opinions. Simmer overnight until all dreams and goals have evaporated.
Serve with a side of procrastination, hand cooked self-pity, and wash down with a glass of unworthiness or insecurity.
Make sure you make plenty, because unless you change the recipe, you’ll be eating it for the rest of your life.
It’s not a nice recipe, but is strangely comforting and alluring. It has become the staple diet for many across the world.
Isn’t it time to change the recipe?
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