The World As I See It

Be true to yourself , four simple words with deep rooted meaning. Who am I? Who am I really? These sort of questions I have often asked myself, and sometimes found it rather hard to answer truthfully. Fakeness : in today’s world, this is the new norm. Fake plastered-on smiles, the exaggerated laughs, or the over-the-top bubbly giggling, the sickly sweet or overly macho personalities, the wanna-be's and the posers etc. the list goes on and on. Who are we honestly? Instead of humbling answering this, the majority of us choose to pretend to be someone we believe will be loved and accepted by all. “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” - Aristotle The sad thing is no one is innocent. Every single person in today’s world is guilty of pretending to be someone they are not (be it in the past or present). There are numerous reasons why people pretend to be someone they are not like being a victim of negative self-complexity, lack of self-awareness, fear of r...

  “If you are depressed, you are living in the past, if you are anxious, you are living in the future, if you are at peace, you are living in the present.” Lao Tzu I created this image using Copilot AI We humans are very compassionate and helpful creatures by nature. If you need examples, look at whenever disasters have struck, be it natural or man-made .  Most of us go out of our ways to help other living beings, both humans and animals. Even the biggest helper or humanitarian seldom extend the same compassion towards themselves. This is the sad reality of the world we live in. People will take bullets for others but if it is for themselves, they falter  or think they are unworthy to be saved. In my honest opinion (even though no one asked for it), the reason behind this behavioral trait is our extremely impossible self-expectations – expectations that we cannot live up to. I am guilty of the same. I go out of my way to help others out and people judge me by ...

“The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.” Pythagoras Is it just me or does anyone else have the bad tendency of saying yes? Quite few times I have found myself mentally saying ‘no’ but blurting out ‘yes’ and then wondering what happened. How can a two-lettered word, ‘no’, be so difficult to utter out. Since when has it become so important to please everyone that one ends up being grumpy, stressed, and resentful towards oneself? I don’t know about others but my biggest reason for not being able to say ‘no’ was disappointment. I would think if I didn’t say ‘yes’ despite not wanting to do it, I would hurt their feelings, make them upset or come across as arrogant or rude. Just the thought of others thinking negatively of me made me say ‘yes’ whether I wanted to say ‘no’ or not. “ When you say yes to others, make sure  you are not saying no to yourself .” Paulo  Coelho I have met so many people who are struggling wi...