Sometimes life just gets put into perspective. Its weird that it happened to me today, I couldn’t really put my finger on what it was that made me so introspective. What’s really interesting about it though, is that its often things you knew already but for one reason or another was never something you really paid much heed to. Or instituted in your day to day life.
Thoughts for Today.
1. I can choose the people whose opinion’s actually matter to me. People can have an opinion, if that’s something that really floats their boat and I mean enough to them in some way that they feel so strongly about me. This doesn’t mean that their opinion should concern me.
2. Sam, Jo, Sally, Ian, Pop, Dad. These are the people I turn to. The people who know me best, and who I know will always be open and honest with me. Even if sometimes that might hurt. Especially if sometimes they might hurt me. These are the people who know that, even if they do hurt me, I will always eventually “see reason” and calm down. Even if I continue to disagree with them.
3. Sometimes things that you think are a big problem, aren’t. If you think about something too much, you create drama where there isn’t any. This is something that I especially should learn, and acknowledge in every day life. Its a principle that I understand, but have trouble putting into practice. Most dramas in life are imagined.
4. Spending your life worrying about what other people think of you can cause you to live your life in fear of being the person that you really are. Quite a simple thing to understand, really. And something I would imagine most people have been told at one point or another. But really, how many people actually believe it? Its hard not too think badly of yourself if someone puts you down. Say you’re struggling with your weight and someone calls you fat. It takes a lot of personal courage to shrug the comment off. Sometimes it takes even more courage to acknowledge that the barb did indeed bury itself within you and go down the positive affirmation route.
5. People that try and tell you what is best for YOU often don’t know what they’re talking about. They often have too few facts to really understand the person you are. They see the person they want to see, as well as the person you want them to see.
6. Trying to be someone your not never benefited anyone. Lying about who you are as a person can cause problems in the long term. Besides, how do you know that the people whose company you keep aren’t hiding the same things from you that you’re hiding from them. How many people around you are truly honest with themselves and other people about who they really are.
7. Pineapple really is one of my all time favourite fruits.
