Do Not Fool Yourself, Know Who You Really Are
Do you know what you want in life? Do you know what makes you unique? Are you asking yourself why you are not more successful? Are you asking yourself why I am not like so and so? Are you questioning who you are and where you came from? Do you feel like you do not fit in or belong? Are you feeling useless and unimportant sometimes?
At some point we all have felt this way, inadequate or insignificant. We may have asked ourselves why are we here, what is our purpose in life? I believe we are all here for a reason; we all have a purpose. I feel we are here to help one another to fulfill our purpose in life. Each person has a unique purpose or mission they have to accomplish. I believe that there is someone out there that needs what you have to offer and share with them. They need you to help them, to help another person. This is that “each one, teach one” attitude we need in life. Someone has helped you to make it to where you are. Someone has taught you the rules of the game and how to make it. Someone has inspired you to reach higher and to strive for more. Someone was there to encourage you, to lift you up and help you there the rough times. So you should want to do the same for someone else.
You may feel like you are a bad person, because you did not help that lady who was broken down on the side of the road. Or you may have not given that money to that homeless man you passed the other day. You may have not helped a friend that may have needed your help desperately at one time. We all have miss that opportunity to help someone else at some point, but that does not make you a bad person or any worse than someone else.
So who are you? Look within yourself and find out who you really are. What you look like does not make you who you are. What you talk like does not make you who you are. What you have or do not have does not make you who you are. What people say about you does not make you who you are. Even what people think about you does not make you who you are. It’s what you think about yourself, what you say about yourself and how you feel about yourself, which makes you who you are. This is what makes you the person you are. Your character, your attitude and your way of thinking makes you who you are.
You might not dress like a million bucks, whatever that may mean. You may not even have a million dollars in your bank account. So what! But you are who you are. Do not feel like you have to be like someone else to be significant or important. Your uniqueness is what makes you who you are. Your individuality is what make you who you are. So continue to be who you are. Stay the way you are, do not allow people to change you. Do not change unless you want to or need to change to better yourself. “Do not fool yourself, know who you really are!”
I think its a good philosophical piece but far away from the realities of the world, where you face the obstacles that do not give you a chance to think good about yourselves. Even if you stick to your own thoughts of being good,its of no use to your career or otherwise, as you will soon know the worth of your thoughts in real life situations. I believe its better that you accept the things as they, and try to change and suit yourselves to the reality.