Human Potential

Reality is not as it seems…

On most days I find myself relating to Elon Musk’s description of his mental landscape “My mind is a storm.” I struggle, however, to fully connect with the rest of the statement, “I don’t think most people would want to be me. They may think they would want to be me, but they don’t, they don’t know, they don’t understand.” While I certainly empathize with the anguish that a turbulent mind can bring, I think this veers too much in the direction of victimhood thinking- or at least sets a foundation for it. Nothing against Musk, but having more resources than God makes virtually all problems more solvable. Just in the homeless community alone there are likely thousands of individuals with equally stormy minds, if not worse. It would be irrational to believe these people would not be better off in Mr. Musk’s shoes. He can literally spend the rest of his life doing nothing but manage the storm in his mind, and never worry a second about the roof over his head or food to sustain him. In fact, he could employ legions of individuals whose entire purpose in life was to help manage his mental state at all times, and he could endure the entire process in absolute luxury if he so chooses.

Useless and distracting mini-tirade against overdramatic billionaire’s aside, let’s talk about the nature of the my storm as of late. Often when I wake it takes me half…