To the most special,
I
write this with the privilege of knowing you the second best; the first being
your Creator. I understand your thoughts when none notice its existence, I
relate with the unheard language of your heart and can respond to the words
that fades before it slips from your mouth. Of all that I’ve known, you are the
one who will listen to answers that arise only from within and to nothing and
no one else. As a result, others’ failures and experience are less likely to be
possible sources of inspiration. To you, YOU are all that you have. Everything
has been good and protected. With this privilege, I write to share my thoughts
to tell you what could be done better.
Everyone
around will tell you failures are considered bad, ill-luck but nobody will tell
you ‘to never fail’ is even worse. It simply means you haven’t tried enough. To
do a task with success assured in advance is to do it only to prove it to
others, but why? Remember today’s acquaintances are tomorrow’s strangers.
Nobody will remember your success and for that matter nobody will remember your
failures either. To go a step further, you won’t remember your success that has
come easy without experiencing hardships and failures. Then what’s the point in
succeeding.
To
fail, to get dejected, to experience a phase in life that seems to say “you
will have no future” is necessary. Live through it, you will not die.
Experiment different things, you will never know what you are good at. For that
matter, nobody does. So don’t let anyone tell you what you can’t. Fall down,
pick yourself up, get laughed at, feel embarrassed and move on.
More
often than not, you’ll realize all that you wanted to say or do and chose not
to because of the fear of being criticized, will be said or done by somebody
else. You’ll be left with no choice but to secretly envy the appreciation they
earn and say to yourself “Damn! I wanted to do that, why didn’t I?” You
would’ve got your answer by then.
Involve
in activities for reasons as simple as ‘for the joy of knowing’. It is not
necessary to master everything. Take pride in learning something different in
challenging yourself. Give up only on those that don’t captivate your
enthusiasm and not because you are afraid that you might fail at it. Enjoy
pleasures in simple things of life. They make it worth living. Get comfortable
with being uncomfortable because the world doesn’t offer you with another
alternative to grow.
Most
importantly, acknowledge others’ success. Just because you don’t think or talk
about it doesn’t mean they don’t exist. Kill ego, accept the fact that another
person has done better, take guts to walk up to them and with all your heart
congratulate. Initially it is difficult, but it can change you in ways you can
never expect.
YOU
are all that you have. Love yourself a little more, nobody else will.
