Monday, June 13, 2011
We just need to learn to be content with what we have.
As we walk down the path of life, we don't really look at the things we already hold in our hands. Instead, we look at the things that other people seem to have more than you. She can sing. He can dance. She's damn rich. He's damn funny. She's got good clothes. He's got good looks. Have you never EVER thought about these before in your life? Because that's just not possible.
In this world there is, definitely and surely, someone better than you in any/every aspect. Be it talents or materialistic things, there is always someone out there with traits you envy them for. We become jealous. We think "Why does he have all that blahblahblah and why can't i have it? Why don't i have it?" Sometimes, you find the answer. Most of the time, you just don't. These people can be born with outright advantages that you usually cannot overcome, some are born lucky and the rest, just lucky to be born. As we keep thinking that it's so unfair, as we keep looking at the things he or she has, little do we know that they might just be staring right back, enviously, at what you have. We're so busy looking at what other's have and what you don't, we do not have the time to take a break and look at the treasures we possess.
All of us have people we envy. All of us wish for things we don't already have. Clothes, money, talents and what not. In this world, instead of taking the easy way out, and look right down at your hands, we search far and wide, for the things we don't have.
As we search for these things, we try to be things that we are not. We try to change but in the end, it just ends up as pretense. We pretend to be who we are not. We lose ourselves in the process of this pretense and our personality gets pretty darn warped into rojak. And its not even yummy. Its just messy to the point no one can see what to eat anymore.
Just take a break from the searching, just look yourself in the mirror. While you see an ugly face with bad fashion sense, do you know that you can actually sing and dance super well? While you hear yourself sing like a toad or dance like a chicken, do you realize that you look damn pretty handsome with super hot clothes? THESE are what other people are searching so hard for, why can't we just appreciate them? Why not we take a step back and start searching WITHIN yourself for what other people might be looking for?
We can start feeling prouder of what we have, start wiping the dust off the gems we've locked away and show them to the world. We start showing off our personality and tell the whole world who we are. Our presence starts to feel recognized. We feel more appreciated. We feel more within our comfort zone. We are who we want to be.
Its definitely not as easy as it sounds. If it was, jealousy and greed wouldn't exist. Maybe i'm painting too utopian a picture for everyone to look at. But nobody's stopping us from trying. For our own happiness, why not?
We just need to learn to be content with what we have. Only then, can we truly feel happy and be who we want to be, ourselves. (:
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