"You know who you remind me of?" She asked me with a huge smile spreading from ear to ear after we'd just spent the day gallivanting around Croatia, sharing our wild ideas about life.

The backstory:

"Who?" I asked, raised eyebrow at the ready, eagerly awaiting her comparison.

"Drogo and his wife..." This was meant to be an understood reference under the guise that I knew more about Game of Thrones than I actually do.

As I explained my reason for rejecting the GOT series and animated the last scenes I remembered as I tried to piece together the referenced character in my mind, Google was already being called upon to bring up the video proof of this perceived likeness!

I'm not really a fan-girl type but something about this beast of a man (Jason Mamoa) in all his bearded glory got into me deep...

 A lot of it had to do with the similarities of his lifestyle and the projects he's involved in but probably if I'm being honest, his muscles and beard don't hurt! 😍!

Since then, it's been a running joke (admittance 😅) that I have a super crush on the super hero in question so when I found out that Aquaman had hit the theaters last year (yes this is late) I was determined to go come hell or high water even though I have for the most part been avoiding Hollywood hype for a long time (and for good reason!) 

I'm not going to ruin the film for you don't worry! But my biggest take away (apart from watching Momoa drenched for 2 hours of my life 😍🙏) cast alongside by complete surprise to me, the super babe and one of my all time girl crushes, Amber Heard, was how much (unnecessary) violence there was plaguing the film! 

Desensitizing? 

I recognize fully that the genre was action and more than that, the movie was filmed based off of the superhero comics but... That amount of violence being driven into our consciousness... It's not my cup of tea! 🙈

Despite being entertained and kept captivated by the mysterious history of Atlantis being brought to life by a beautiful cast (I have studied both the historical records and accounts as well as many myths for years), I left the theater feeling numb, dumb and energy-less. 

I wandered, dazed, into the night and felt this sticky feeling attached to me like if you were to step on some gum and every time your shoe hit the ground, it would merge once again with the floor beneath and give this pull reminding you, it's still there. It was a weird, confused type of depressive lack of energy.

Does that ring true to anyone? 

I cut GOT out of my life because the blood, gory and obscene amounts of violence and hatred was not something I wanted to be filling my mind up with.

 After every episode, horrible imaged stuck to me like glue and my dreams would often wake me from the horrifying images syphoning through.

See, I have a theory from studying various ideas of how to improve our lives, (especially by harnessing the hidden powers of our brain) and I believe that what stimuli we present and feed our minds, in turn creates our reality. 

We're deeply affected by the images we see and the words we hear. Together they weave into this tapestry in our minds, building our worldview and affecting our every day and in knowing this, I strive to give my mind a healthy and proactive, positive environment so I can thrive! 

I believe that the level of violence that's become normal in our society is desensitizing us and weakening our vulnerability, compassion and enchanting us with a worldview of fighting, aggression, hate and evil.

Since I started (doing my best to) censor my flow of information and imagery, I have felt like a new person and you might notice that with me! If you ever see my news feed on any of my socials you'll see animals, delicious recipes, funny memes and inspirational videos that all make me feel happy and empowered by interacting with! This is also the kind of content I like to reward here! 💰

This is something I strive to maintain in my life and so I offer this information to you- if something you're viewing is making you feel angry, aggressive, sad, depressed, lifeless, worked up, worthless or any other negative emotion- why watch it or keep it around at all? 

The media responds to what we want, of course they have their own agendas but if we don't buy into what they're selling, they have to change to make their money. 

I dream of a world with more encouragement, inspiration, education, love, peace and positivity in what were being seen and what were listening to! 

How about you? 

If you do too, take a step in your own life and remove what doesn't serve you and see how you feel!

Love,
Cece 😘

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