Tag: Community

Never Try To Impress People

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth

Yes, never try to impress people. If you try to do it, you are not going to succeed. If you have been doing it, you have got to stop it.

Trying to impress people is a waste of time. Stop it. Don’t do it. If you want to enjoy your life, don’t try to impress anybody. Instead of trying to make people happy, why not choose yourself?

Why not choose love? Why not choose growth? Why not choose creativity?

Why not choose peace? Why not choose community?

Live your life. Live it to your own fullest. If you can impress yourself, that is good enough. If you have the courage to impress yourself, you are good enough.

You are worthy. You matter. Your life is healthy. If you want to impress anybody, why not choose yourself?

And the best way to impress yourself is to be who you are. Do not try to change yourself. You are good enough. Enjoy yourself!

Compassion: Why We Need It

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth

‘Cultivating compassion begins with self-compassion. … Compassion cannot truly be offered to others until we first offer it to ourselves.’- Janice Marturano

Life is not linear. Things happen. Don’t fight what you are going through in your life. All you can do is be open to where it is taking you.

Be kind to yourself. Do not beat yourself up. Nothing is about you. Do not make things all about you. That is not what self-compassion is about. Self-compassion is about love, care, and respect.

Compassion is good because it ‘reminds us that when we see someone suffering, we are separated from the sufferer by only the thinnest lines of time and circumstance, and we feel a pull to lessen the suffering. … It helps us to understand the interconnections among us. It encourages us to become involved with the well-being of those around us.’

If you want to build a great community, don’t forget those around you. Love them. Treat them with respect. And support them. And they will always support you.