Lonely at the Top
Solo en la cima
A reflection on the connection between pursuing one's deepest desires and the loneliness that can accompany that pursuit.
Lonely at the Top
A reflection on the connection between pursuing one's deepest desires and the loneliness that can accompany that pursuit.
I had a thought about the dream that was just shared, if that's okay. The connection with fear stood out to me. What struck you about Messi was that he said he was lonely, and that somebody like him could be lonely. In relation to thinking about what you want, if the dream is big, somebody like Messi represents a big dream, but in the bigness of that dream there is also the fear of loneliness. That just popped up as a thought.
Lonely at the top, as they say.
When you do what you want, you are infinitely alone, because nobody wants what you want. By definition, you are unique. But you are unique. You might get closer to others who are also doing what they want. Yet as Osho always said: the mountains never meet. The peaks never meet.