One thing about me is that I'm painstakingly detailing. I have the nose for details, I have this addiction to achieve perfection or at least try to get there. At my earliest stages in life I was surrounded by people who felt I could specifically ammout to nothing, due to so many conditioning that revolved around my life, so while many were particularly being pushed, encouraged and motivated by the people around them.
I was constantly being reminded of my frailties by the people around me and I spent a long while of life, attempting to prove others wrong. One of the biggest burdens in life is trying to prove that you're valuable and not worthless, especially to people who had already formed a mindset about what and who you are.
This was why I was dogged about details, a little of detail could change the appearance of something. I took every feedback about my life rather seriously and due to listening to so many feedbacks, I became immune to pain, they already shattered me. I lived by many clichés, and one of them was that "you can't bring down a man that's already down"
The truth is, I reminded myself a lot about who I am. When we're abreast of our true state of reality, it prunes us to some particular living pattern. Because I constantly reminded myself of who I was, I took it as a priority to be better. I try as much as possible to weigh myself appropriately. Sometimes I tell myself the bitter truth, even if it dampens my hope.
I'm a realist to the core, and sometimes I look at the angles a lot of people would ignore, I do not leave my life to chance, I try to control almost everything I can control and sometimes the things I can't and wasn't able to control often hurts me, this is because I like to be a definition of my dream person.
Sometimes I envisage a superlative version of myself, and it hurts to see that that version can only be a fantasy, since I don't have that power to be that person.
However, envisaging impossibilities makes me to strive, this doesn't mean I am not afraid of failure, in fact sometimes at my weakest version, I make mistakes. I often fear that I might not meet up to expectations, I fear rejection, I crave acceptance and secretly when I'm lonely at night, broken.
I find myself open to suggestions. Nighttime is important to me, because this is where I filter the noise and allow myself to reflect. The fear of failure often comes to me, especially when there are substantial evidences to show that failure is inevitable.
This contradicts the fact that I'm a realist, I'm open to the fact that anything can happen. But sometimes in my heart... The softest part of me hopes, especially when I've done everything I can to remedy a crumbling situation.
Even till now, I feel raw or incomplete. I feel I'm at a time in my life where I should prove a lot of things to myself. One of them is feeling "good enough". A lot of people feel that having money, looking good should make one feel good enough.
But this isn't true, sometimes we're faced with so many battles which we are even ashamed of, there are things we're secretly facing and even if sometimes we motivate people on how to be free or rid of these things.
We're caught up in similar situations sometimes, and we can't even find that motivation within to rid ourselves from these situations. What an irony! I try to fight my battles, allowing myself to grieve, but accepting the Inevitability of continuously living.
There's no shame in telling oneself the truth about themselves. These little details help to fine tune us. There's no harm in reckoning with where you come from, sometimes it's difficult to create a different path, especially when a path has been created for you. It's difficult to see yourself in a different light, especially when your life is dictated by things you can't just ignore or deny.
Sometimes we feel hard done as a result of how our lives have turned out by default. It's always challenging to create a different definition of "you". We all need strength, we need love, motivation and acceptance, this is how we continue to go.
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Niceeeee... The battle is still on and we have alot of that piling up at different stage of our life.
Truth remains that there are quite alot of variables piled up in this desire to get a good life.
People will see us how they want, but at this stage in our life, it's left for us to always feel good enough based on how we see and rate ourselves.
It's very important.
That would have been the last paragraph if you allowed me copy from the comment and add it to the post. Hahaha. You're spot on my friend. Sometimes I muse aloud and scribble my thoughts on paper, sometimes it comes out too personal, sometimes too raw, but then, I have a way if keeping it going. Thanks for your input.
Well Done Bro.
You know, whenever you write these thoughtful stuff, you always make it possible for people to view it from their own point of view and of course, give feedback even if it turns out to be a sort of criticism on your own point of view.
It's a thoughtful work and I always like to read in-between the lines because what you write also relates to what a whole lot of us are bottling up.
Kudos to you.
I will be running into your DM once I'm ready to dabble around 3speak.
I personally have a whole lot of things that I'm bottling up but then sometimes it could be peculiar and sometimes it could feel relative to what someone else is experiencing as well. I like to be objective, I like to observe, I like to emotional too, but then I'm a natural thinker, my thoughts ehhh. Sometimes what's there fit run another person craze. Hahaha
No wahala, 3speak is a brave new experience
I think everyone who comes from humble backgrounds have this in common. Most people around us aim for average things that everyone around us is doing.
Everyone around me think that the best life is when you have a government job because you have job security and work load is really low, sometimes none. But the pay is similar. Very low.
The average income is $400 to $500.
I could have got a government job if I wanted. People who know me, and my friends still bug me that I should have gone for government employment. Have my goals according to them.
But I chose a different life. To try different things, some of them worked really well, some of them didn't.
But as you said, one of the biggest burden in life is to try to prove others that you are valuable.
I find myself in that spot every year or so😕
Lovely comment, thanks for pouring your heart out, I could specifically related to what you are trying to mean and say. I've had such experience too.
As per the government job, it's clearly you defined what you wanted and went for it provided that it was actually in your means. Government job is not guaranteed plus sometimes it can be unfulfilling, plus it's not meant for everyone. At the end, we have to chose true happiness over everything.
It's truly a blessing from GOD, that you kinda understand yourself and overcome your Frailties without considering other's prejudice about yourself. I believe real growth starts when you stop hearing and thinking from negative people. I am glad that I read your blog. Now reading your blog is like a 'must' task to do daily for me. thanks for sharing.
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Reading this piece, all I could see was an image of myself plastered all over this post.
I'm amazed that someone else feels and sees it this way too.
I resonate with this statement right here. My friend thinks that it's something to work on but it's just me and I've accepted me for me.
Very nice post. Thanks for sharing.