Tag: Disappointments

You Cannot Run Away From Yourself

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
Photo by Dom Gould

What are you trying to do? Are you trying to run away from you, from yourself? It won’t work. Because wherever you go, you are there.

Niel Postman said “There is no escaping from ourselves.” Whether you are smart, whether you are not smart, whether you are poor, whether you are rich, whether you are educated, whether you are uneducated, whether you are tall, whether you are short, you are you for a reason. Do not try to run away from yourself.

It is time to make yourself happy, to be there for yourself, to do things for you. It is time. And it depends on you. It depends on what you want for yourself.

The only person who cannot run away from you is you. So why try? Forget about it. It only makes you miserable. Intead of trying to be who you are not, why not embrace yourself, why not love yourself, why not love your flaws, your mistakes, your disappointments? Why not?

Why not? Why not abandon those negative thoughts in your head? If you want peace, think peaceful thoughts. If you want healing, then think compassionate thoughts. If you want happiness, then think happy thoughts. Stay away from toxins. Toxic people. Toxic work. Toxic self. Stay away.

Stay away from toxins. But do not stay away from yourself. Because you need you to become the real you. Do not worry about what you cannot control. Do not worry about losing control. Do not worry about other people’s issues.

Be there for others. Be there for yourself. When you are faced with a problem, believe in yourself. Do not wait for anyone to fix your problem for you. If you fix it yourself, then you are on your way to where you want to be. And where is that?

When You Have The Courage To Become You, There Is …

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
Photo by Kampus Production

It takes courage to face life. And to face your own life, to become who you were created to be, to live a peaceful life, to be successful, you must first recognize the obstacles on your path to success, to peace, to freedom.

Do not forget fear. Do not forget doubts.

Do not forget negative people. Do not walls.

Do not forget envy. Do not forget them. They are there. And you can do something about them.

To become you, to become yourself, you must first overcome the things that are pulling you back. If you cannot defeat them, then go over them. If you cannot go over them, then go under them. And if you cannot go under them, then you must go around them. Period.

Rmember that “Fortune belongs to the brave.” Do not forget that. To claim your own fortune, you must first overcome whatever it is that is holding you back. If not, you are not going anywhere. You must work really hard to overcome them. It is not going to be easy, but you can deliver.

According to Shunryu Suzuki, “… when you become you, yourself, … there is true self.”

You can free yourself. As James Allen once said, “He who will control himself will put an end to all his sufferings.” Do you have the courage to become yourself?