{"id":46274,"date":"2022-02-12T15:34:14","date_gmt":"2022-02-12T15:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/?p=46274"},"modified":"2022-02-12T15:34:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T15:34:21","slug":"you-dont-have-to-tell-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/2022\/02\/12\/you-dont-have-to-tell-them\/","title":{"rendered":"You don’t HAVE to tell them."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I know the key to happiness.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is my absolute conviction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In less than ten years my life has changed from a dreadfully dark experience to an existence of lightness and joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it\u2019s a totally sustainable and natural thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s like an ever-unfolding and peacefully growing space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am in that space, part of that space, made of that space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am that space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I know that, I FEEL that, and that is the key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tremendously powerful stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what happens when I tell this to the average person in the street?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, not much, honestly,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I write about it and post it online, dozens of people read it and just get on with their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For most human beings it means almost nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s just one of the billions and billions of little self-help snacks that are available out there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And since we are all living in separate realities, most people don\u2019t care about my key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It doesn’t seem to fit their lock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They simply can\u2019t recognize it as that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It doesn\u2019t sound like a big deal, like anything even remotely spectacular or practical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And for a long time, I felt really hopeless about that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For years I wanted to grab people and shake them vehemently, trying to wake them up and see what I am seeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wanted to look them in the face and shout \u201cListen, you poor fool, happiness is SO close, it\u2019s already HERE, it\u2019s YOU, can\u2019t you see!!\u201d, just long enough to make them realize what I am talking about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But by being like that with other people, by telling them I know the secret and they don\u2019t, most of them just back off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It feels like an insult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And if it doesn\u2019t, it just feels like all the other things that all the other people are passionate about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because many people are convinced they have found the key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many people walk around shouting out loud whatever it is they believe in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s okay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You and I don\u2019t have an obligation to change the world of people who don\u2019t want us to change their worlds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have to find out for ourselves, and that is enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You don\u2019t have to shout and you don\u2019t have to whisper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And even if you do, it\u2019s all good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s all good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just open your own door, and see who follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photo by @lazycreekimages, for Unsplash)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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