Is It Time For An Upgrade

Since birth, our lives are shadow creations of those who have come before us. Our perspectives, beliefs, and characters have consciously and unconsciously programmed us. Whether we like to believe it or not, we are all reflections of our relationships and environments. However, the question is, are you happy or at least content with who you are and who you are becoming on the journey of life?

To answer this question, one must take the time to step outside oneself and reflect on what one sees. What you see now, what you see a few months or years in the past, and what you would like to see in the future should all be different. This meditation should not leave you with the same person in any of these stages because if it does, then an upgrade is needed. Like most of our technology nowadays that is constantly changing faster and better, we too need to be changing. Imagine how difficult life would be to get certain things done if we were still stuck with the first version of a cell phone today. We humans who constantly struggle in life are not much different from the technology we interact with daily.

It’s funny to think of ourselves as technology hardware and software, but we aren’t much different if we think about it. Our bodies are the hardware that we either take care of or not. At the same time, the software is the programming installed in our minds by others or ourselves over the years. Unfortunately, many of us have held on to old software full of versions that include resentment, jealousy, hatred, racism, judgment, comparison, self-doubt, negative self-talk, fears, and much more. The list can go on with the amount of disturbing software we still carry around in our minds holding us back from the upgraded version of ourselves.

To an extent, we all hold some of these old software versions in us. Some of us more than others, but the point is that there has to come a time in our lives when we realize that we no longer can function in life with old software. If so, we are only holding ourselves back from so much creativity, joy, peace, wisdom, and life itself as it should be. You may be asking yourself, but how?

As we know it, technology is a valuable device that has helped our world advance in so many areas. Technologies have benefited us with creativity, efficiency, healing, and more. At the same time…