WE ARE ALL LOCKED BEHIND BARS WHERE THERE IS NO GETTING OUT AND GUESS WHAT? THESE BARS ARE SELF MADE. WE HAVE RESTRICTED OURSELVES IN THESE BARS AND THEN WE BLAME OTHERS FOR NOT BEING AROUND AND HELPING US BREAK THESE BARRIERS.
BUT MY QUESTION HERE ISN'T "HOW TO BREAK THESE BARS THAT KEEP US LOCKED IN A SPECIFIC PLACE?"
INSTEAD, MY QUESTION IS, "WHAT ARE THE REASONS FOR WHY WE CREATED THESE BARS.
WE ARE ALL SUFFERERS OF SOCIAL ANXIETY WHERE WE HAVE BECOME UNGRATEFUL FOR THE SMALLEST THINGS WHICH SHOULDN'T EVEN MATTER, BUT TO US, THEY ARE THE ONLY PRIORITIES WE HAVE IN OUR LIVES, AND I GUESS, THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN THAT. LET'SS JUST TAKE THE MOST COMMON EXAMPLE OF CLOTHES. IF MY FRIEND WEARS A FAMOUS BRAND, I WOULD WANT TO WEAR THE SAME BECAUSE NO MATTER WE MAY BE GOOD FRIENDS BUT WHEN THIS "STANDARDS-SHOULD-BE-SAME" THING COMES IN THE MIDDLE OUT OF NOWHERE, THIS IS WHERE YOU HAVE TO DOUBT YOURSELF. THIS IS WHERE YOU HAVE TO THINK TWICE ABOUT THE FACT THAT IS THIS THE RIGHT THINKING YOU'RE DEVELOPING INSIDE YOURSELF? WILL IT HARM YOU IN ANY WAY? WILL IT PUT YOU UNDER STRESS? THIS ISN'T WHO YOU ARE. THIS IS WHO YOU ARE TRYING TO BECOME BECAUSE OF SOMEONE ELSE AND WHEN YOU TRY TO DO THAT, OR EVEN THINK TWICE OR MORE ABOUT IT, THIS IS WHERE YOU BECOME SURE THAT YOU HAVE TO MATCH THE STANDARDS. HAPPINESS ISN'T ABOUT MATCHING STANDARDS WITH YOUR "FRIENDS". HAPPINESS IS TALKING TO THEM, STAYING AROUND THEM. BUT THE FAST PACE WORLD WE LIVE IN, HAS GOTTEN SO MUCH MODERN BUT THEIR WAY OF THINKING IS STILL THERE, STUCK IN A PLACE WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN GLUED TO SOME SPECIFIC LIMITS AND THEN THEY FEEL FRAMED.
THESE BARRIERS ARE SELF MADE.
STRESS IS SELF MADE.
ALL THESE GENERAL AND SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDERS WE FACE ARE ONLY BECAUSE WE HAVE SET A STANDARD AND SOME SPECIFICATIONS AND COMPLEXIONS THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, YOUR PRIORITIES WILL BE YOUR PRIORITIES EVEN WHEN YOU'RE WRONG. AND IF SOMEONE COMES IN YOUR WAY AND STOPS YOU FROM DOING THE WRONG THING, THEN THEY ARE THE "BAD PEOPLE"
PEOPLE, STOP THINKING LIKE THAT. LIFE IS A LONG JOURNEY WHERE EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE. ONE DAY YOU CAN AFFORD A BRAND OR ANYTHING EXPENSIVE, THE OTHER SECOND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU'LL HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO HAVE FOOD 3 TIMES A DAY, OR EVEN TWO OR ONE.
MINIMIZE YOUR STANDARDS AND THROW THE STRESS AWAY. AND ONCE YOU'RE DONE, REMEMBER ME IN YOUR PRAYERS.
EVEN IF THIS CHANGES ONE PERSON'S ATTITUDE OF THINKING, I'LL BE HAPPIER THAN THE PERSON HIMSELF/HERSELF.