Think about YOU. Bill Cosby once said, “I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.” You might be thinking this quote does not relate to you because you suppose that you do things for yourself but I wouldn’t be so sure about that. We live in a world where everybody is on a never-ending staircase. We distract ourselves with activities or work to avoid that moment of alone time where you can actually hear your own thoughts. You don’t like this moment because you can see everything in your life that you don’t even enjoy, you’re just doing it to get by. So there’s only one question left to ask, when does this stop? Immediately your solution is to find another distraction and hope to never be in a moment like that with yourself again, yet the funny thing is… the solution is you.
I am a person who has gotten very used to keeping her feelings to herself. I’ve always been like this so I’m used to it. The problem is, I am also very sensitive - these two characteristics don’t really go well together. Think of it like this: you’re having a really hard time with everything going on in your life but you don’t know why. You’re getting good grades, you have great friends, great parents…so why do you feel empty? Now imagine going through all of this alone compared with having a friend or a sister next to you. For me, my sisters are everything. I know I can trust them with any tiny problem I may have and that they won’t judge me no matter what it is. You need to find your person. Don’t ever think that nobody cares about what you feel because every single person on this earth has people that care about them, they just don’t want to admit it. We as humans are told to be generous and think of others, which is a great trait we should all possess, but we should never forget about helping ourselves. That silent moment you have with yourself will probably be the most important time of your day. It is crucial we come in contact with ourselves because if we don't, who will? Unfortunately, people do not yet have the power to read minds so don’t expect them to. Speak your mind and express yourself to people you trust. If you don’t, you will only live with regrets and the only thing worse than living with regret is living with regrets that you only know about. Do things for you - not because your parents are expecting you to and not because it will get you the success you need. It’s easy to forget what an amazing gift life really is. Our all-inclusive world is just a blue dot circling around a sun in a galaxy of billions of stars, which itself is just one galaxy among billions of more. Yet for one brief moment we get the chance to experience the wonders of our consciousness. Don’t be afraid to take that chance.
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Bon
8/31/2015 04:09:15 am
Renata, you've got a knack for crafting sentences. You know your grammar were and the word choice is spot-on. The one aspect you need to work on here is the build-up of ideas. It seems that ast times you divert from that big ideas of not doing things to please others. How do the other ideas link with that? I have a feeling there's something you still want to say but you're not saying it. Something that could connect all these ideas. Just thinking out loud though.
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Claudia
8/31/2015 10:24:07 am
Renata I really like your blog post as the previous one it is very personal which makes it deep and has a lot of motivation for others. You started of with a good catching sentence. Although its not very clear if you have a personal anecdote or just how you feel about your life? I have a suggestion for you maybe to make it more visually attractive and differ from the rest change the fond a little make it seem more interesting not how a normal essay looks like.
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