Living Your Life

Ever so often, we get advised on things by well-meaning (and sometimes, just plain nosy) people around us.

No man is an island, they say…

Can’t live in a bubble, they say…

We’ve been there before, they say…

If I were you, I’d do it this way, they say…

Truth is, we’re all different. My threshold for certain things is much different from yours. My pet peeves are likely not the same as yours. I may not tear up when I watch romantic comedies, or cry at weddings… but watching a puppy hop on 3 legs may make me wail like a baby holding a bag of peeled onions. You may love a man that can throw it down in the kitchen and joins your weekly yoga class; and I may love a man that fixes stuff around the house but loves theater. Or maybe you just want the wall street banker type. And there’s NOTHING wrong with all of that. But trying to impose your views on me, and trying to make me feel like less of a person for not sharing your views, will not work for me. Presuming that there is only ONE way to live life (that way being your way…) is highly flawed and you’re bound to get your ass kicked by life when some surprises come your way that you didn’t quite prepare/plan for.

Don’t buy into the hype. You’re doing okay. Go at your pace. Do what you can. Be happy with where you are. Don’t keep waiting for that magic moment where things will change and Then you’ll be happy. If you live life that way — you never get there. There’s always more you could have. There will always be more you could do. There will always be someone in existence in the world that can do certain things better than you. But only you can be YOU. Embrace your uniqueness.