True Blue
Fast forward, and currently, I’m in a much better place regarding how I feel about myself and my abilities, especially in my 30’s and it’s partly because I had to learn some very tough lessons. Now I’m not one of those people that will go around touting about not trusting others and being so independent that I don’t need anyone. That’s illogical and it’s the quickest way to fail in life. Trust me. We all need each other and trust is just a healthy part of ANY relationship.
However, what I did learn is that time is no one’s friend. It passes whether you accomplish what you’re supposed to do in this life or not. I realized that for so long, I had taken too much time considering what others thought of me and wanted for me instead of what I thought of or wanted for myself.
I was too concerned that others wouldn’t agree with how I chose to live my life. At the end of the day what I discovered was that over time I was really only cheating myself. While others were busy living their lives in the way that they wanted to, I was concerned that they might have something negative to say about the way that I was living mine.
That kind of thinking will only cause you to make bad choices. And that in turn will only delay you in reaching your own greatness.
When being who they want you to be defies who you truly are, at some point you will have to make some decisions. Not everyone will be happy with those decisions. Some of those decisions will make others uncomfortable. But it is a necessary path that you must take in life if you are ever to figure out your own journey.
Stay true to the one person you that you will have to face every single day of your life. That person is yourself.
A. L. Hearn