You are on your own in this world....

Newminimalist love to spend time alone.

The serenity of being alone.

In the moment of birth, and in the moment of death, you are alone. Life in between those two unique events is a time to collect artefacts, artificial friends, worries, social networks, familial attachments, etc. But the truth is you are on your own in this world [see photo].

The proof that you are alone is obvious. You, as an individual, have a unique set of needs at any and every moment in time. If you address those needs you know that you are alone and thus embrace it as a fact of life.

Newminimalists acknowledge the fact that they are alone by focussing in tightly on their individual needs. Once they get comfortable with the notion that they are alone they begin a program of expansion. They will expand their unique needs to includes those of others and, over time, they will create a needs-based sense of purpose for themselves, their family connections, and those they trade with around the world. Of course the ultimate trade for a Newminimalist is one based on ideas, insights, revelations, learnings, etc.

Meanwhile those who are clearly not Newminimalists trade on activities that are designed to crowd out the the unique needs of themselves as individuals. Thus their needs are relegated to back of the queue of others' wants. These wants belong to those whom they deem to be more deserving due some greater claim to victimhood. These individuals live their lives between the moment of birth and death looking through the lens of ideology, theology, empathy, altruism, and collectivism. And so the needs of any individual is subsumed into the wants of a group.

If you are brave enough to face the fact that you are alone in this world then you will thrive.

Richard.

For more about the power of Newminimalism please go to the homepage of my website at minimal-you.com