Multifaceted Everything

I recently had a conversation that was so illuminating; so freeing, yet so simple that I’d known it all along.

Everyone—everything—is multifaceted. So why do we keep trying to figure it all out? Why do we try so hard to put people or ideas or situations into boxes?

It simply can’t be done. And it doesn’t have to be.

Once I had this realization, I started to feel incredibly free.

Looking at the two pictures above, I feel so many things.

My bed. So comfy, so cozy. I’ve invested a lot into it. It’s beautiful. It’s my little nest. And it makes me feel good.

But it also reminds me of my nighttime anxiety. You see, I often wake up feeling bad. Bad bad. Like, I need it to be daytime so I can escape this feeling that something is going terribly wrong with me. That kind of bad.

My cat. My little angel. Sweet, cute boy who’s been by my side almost every day for the last 8 years. Looking at his face, I could cry of happiness.

But that same little face also makes me sad. It reminds me of how much he needs to get out of our current situation. Living in a small apartment, having to be separated from another cat. Having to spend hours on hours in a tiny bedroom, when what he really needs is to be running around chasing birds outside.

And perhaps the most difficult one of all: ourselves.

The current digital, self-promotion-oriented world pressures us to put ourselves in a box. Find your niche. Package yourself up into a pretty little box that people can easily digest—if they don’t understand you in the first 4 seconds, they will pass you right by.

But—but—I don’t want to put myself into a box. I don’t want to have a niche.

I am a little bit of everything, and I like it that way.

So, I share this little reminder to ease my own mind—and maybe yours, too.

We are all a lot of things. And maybe the best thing we can do is to realize that that’s exactly as we should be.