Enslaved To What People Think Of Us

Leo Diaz 🌎
Jul 21, 2017 · 2 min read

“We can become enslaved to the expectations of others, losing our True Self in the process.” — Rob Bell

No matter what continent you live in. No matter what socioeconomic tribe you’re a part of. No matter what race, religion, or political party, all of us share a similar defect:

We care way too much about what people think of us.

I’ve seen this in my own life.

I couldn’t stand it when someone didn’t like me or when someone disagreed with me.

This obsession with pleasing people caused me to change who I was for the sake of belonging.

I substituted the life I was meant to live for a flimsy false reality conjured by my ego’s fixation with being liked and accepted and approved of.

It’s only been over the last nine months or so that I’ve realized why we obsess so much over what people think of us…

Because we don’t know ourselves.

To know one self one has to spend time with one self.

Be relentless about searching out the real you.

Find joy in not being like everyone else.

It’s okay not to want what other people think you should want or how they think you should act or how they think you should manage your life.

There’s nothing wrong with not agreeing with people.

There’s a deeply satisfying feeling that rests in our soul when we know who we are.


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Leo Diaz 🌎

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Writer / Unpolished Exegete / MDiv / Husband / Daddy Make-Believe Astronaut

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Musings for Seekers, Skeptics, and Everyone In Between

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