No one is in
charge of your happiness, except you
by Keith
We are all different, unique in the most beautiful of ways!! Yet, the
message inscribed within us from birth and repeated over and over again is one
and the same - that of unjustified guilt and fear. For example, we all have
different talents and interests. Hence, naturally different people express
themselves in different ways and excel in different fields. Nonetheless, we're
expected to do equally well in all academic subjects, whilst being tested solely
in one manner. We feel guilty when we don't succeed this mammoth task, for
we're told that it's because we're not committed enough. Similarly, we're told
that we're sinners, simply by birth. We feel awful for such guilt, and make it
hard on ourselves in order to make amends so as to alleviate the guilt of not
being good enough.
We can do anything we desire in our lives, anything that excites us and
makes us itch, and become good enough at it as to also earn a living from it.
Instead, we're guided to give it all up for an ‘8 to 5’ secure job we don’t
like, for money. So, we do a job we don't like doing in order to earn enough
money to live a life where living is doing a job we do not like doing. If we
stop doing so however, we're injected with a fear of the future by those around
us, advising us that if we do not work for money, we would not be able to buy
more. Thus, perpetuating the belief that having more is what makes us happy,
rather than doing that which fulfills us. In addition, as insider Roseanne Barr
herself explains, institutions such as Hollywood maintain cultures of sexism
and genderism in place by continually feeding it to the media, making up good
money out of it. At the same time, we’re conditioned to be overrun by the fear
of what others would think of us should we not subscribe to the roles,
identity, or looks which Hollywood advocates.
For
those interested, below I share a link to the story of Balpreet Kaur, in the
hopes that she is of inspiration to you as she was to me.
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