“If people are not traveling the same path as yours, it doesn’t mean that they are lost”- #sundaewrites
I grew up getting almost everything I want. I was fortunate to have a doting father. Though I’m forever grateful for that, such near perfection didn’t help much in my ability to accept failure, defeat, and rejection during my adult life. I was overly sensitive and had a strong desire to be liked, to be accepted, and be noticed. For me to get that, I worked really hard to please other people, to be the best that I can be, not because I wanted to, but because I needed to.
I knew then that being Miss Ideal would get me raving fans, and that’s exactly what I’ve got– raving fans.Then I realized there were still other people who I can’t seem to reach– the imperfect ones. The problem kids, troubled teenagers, the unpopular, the nobodies. I thought, if I want to be to be liked by them, I had to be like them. So I switched sides. That decision completed my experience on both sides of the world.
After all the hassles and risks, do you think I was accepted, liked and loved? I believe I was, but it was never enough. And I figured out why. There was one person left in the room who’s not giving me what I want. That person was me.
Do you wonder why you are unhappy, or dissatisfied? Why you long so much to find happiness in your outside world? It’s because your inner world is broken. It’s not as bright as it supposed to be. It’s dark, dull, empty and confused.
Let me put something on your plate.
Lower your expectations of others.
People make mistakes. There are days when they are not the best versions of themselves. And some days they couldn’t care about you. They have issues too you know. And you can’t compel them to place you at the center of their lives. They are the center of their lives as much as you are the center of your own. A person who can’t take care of himself isn’t capable of taking care of another human being. Even if he tries, the fire will soon die if he neglects to add fuel to the furnace. Putting that fuel is something you do yourself. It’s not anyone else’s job. So own it.
Forgive yourself as often as you can, then do better.
Admit it. You are impatient with others because you are impatient with yourself. You remain miserable because while others have moved on, you chose to carry the weight around you. Trust me, you’ll never get anywhere if you keep reliving your failures. Feel sorry yes, but don’t dwell on it for too long. Confront yourself with “what now”, enough with “Why, me?.”
Stop projecting your desired realities on to others.
That’s just fair, isn’t it? Because you don’t want others as well to tell you what you should do or supposed to have to be completely happy. Happiness, after all, is an inside job.The fulfillment of such rests on you. So allow people to live a life that is true to them. You have your own to worry about.
Our life has its own unique design. As a saying goes, “If people are not traveling the same path as yours, it doesn’t mean that they are lost”. We have our own space and time to fill. Respect that and you will learn to lower the bars for other people and adjust the bars you set for yourself.
Don’t fret about getting what you want. Don’t be somebody else’s responsibility. Better than that, give life whenever you can and nourish your inner world as much as you should.
Question:
Was there an instance in your life where you believed someone failed you? How was your journey during that phase? How did it change your perspective in life? Comment here. I want to listen to your heart. Let me hear you.
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