We don't want a solution to our problems.
What we truly seek is change.
This might be hard to believe, but we, human beings, are obsessed with change.
We’re deeply uncomfortable with peace.
We crave stimulus and a continuous supply of energy to keep our existence justified.
If we were truly looking for a solution to our problems, how long could we endure before noticing a new, different kind of problem?
And how much would we be grateful for having solved the older one?
We often fail to realize that the things we cried, sweated, and prayed for, we're living through them this exact moment, right now.
And most people wouldn't even pause to notice.
The quiet but terrifying dialogues that rolled our heads a while ago, we don't notice their absence.
We've moved on? Perhaps.
To a different one, maybe.
Either we've ungracefully forgotten the words we had in our prayers, or got blinded by the stimulus of this newer search for change.
Either way, what we deep down seek is change. Not solutions.
If we truly wanted to heal, we'd worship solutions.
Instead, we cling to problems, seeking one after the other, without even realizing.
If we begin to look at our suffering on a fundamental level, as a quiet, deep need for change, healing would become much easier—if we’re ready to set our ego aside.
Because it suppresses our natural search for change, which is a deep, fundamental aspect of healing.
The ego clings to what’s familiar, even when it hurts. It keeps us from embracing new truths—even ones that could set us free.
I did not mean all this to tell you what to do next, and I cannot tell you that.
But I can give you clear takeaways from this read that may help you look at life with a little more clarity.
Suffering is a quiet search for change. And healing is much easier when you know why you suffer.
Change is what you seek. So ask—what within you or your life longs to shift? If you truly want to heal, you’ll find it—and if it’s within your control, you’ll know what to do.
Healing happens. Without force. If your previous suffering vanished before you even noticed, this one, too, will. But ego is the enemy. It forces you to suffer even if you want to heal.
Hope today’s email has helped you look at life differently with a little more clarity.
And made you more prone to healing.
If this essay evoked insights within you, I’d love to hear them back from you. Feel free to reply anytime under this email.
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Thanks for reading and thanks for staying with me.
Jasir IbrahimFrom Clearform.
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