The reality of life. Whatever the reason, may-
be they didn’t want to scare me or discourage
me from dreaming and dreaming big but fac-
ing the truth after believing in a lie your whole
life doesn’t really make it easier. So, to the kid
with “ potential,” to the kid with “a bright fu-
ture,” to the kid with “a full life ahead”: Yes,
you are talented, you are beautiful, you are in-
telligent, you are confident, you are enough,
you are enough, you are enough. But you will
get tired. Some days you will wish people did
not expect so much from you. You will wish
you are allowed to take a break and cry, to miss
classes once, twice, and sometimes for a whole
week; you will get scared—life definitely has a
way of tapping into your insecurities; you will
meet people that seem prettier than you, sing
better than you, write better than you, speak
better than you do, work faster than you do.
The trap of comparison is inevitable especial-
ly in a world that feeds off competition and
measuring success in one way by whoever is
setting the standards.Some days you will be
trapped in it for a while. If you are a student,
for example, trust me, at some point you will
HATE school, hate your classes, your profes-
sors, and want to punch your classmates. I use
the word “hate” to emphasize on how strong
the emotion you will feel is. You will question
the education system, you will question LIFE,
so many times! And the ugly truth is that you
will at times be visited by suicidal thoughts (I
promise I am not being dramatic).Life will hit
you from every corner and the thing is, con-
trary to the popular belief, it doesn’t take a
tragedy to keep you in bed; it just takes life.
Sometimes it happens too fast, other days it
happens too slow, some days it is fair and most
days it is unfair.
You will be denied opportunities that you
know you deserved perhaps because of your
gender, race, and sometimes just because they
didn’t like you. You will meet bullies in form of
people, thoughts, words, memories, or experi-
ences. You will cry, a lot. You might develop a
drinking problem just to numb the confusion;
you will find things like relationships as an
escape from reality just to be slapped by the
very same thing.I know this sounds dramat-
ic, pessimistic, childish maybe or just sounds
like another spoiled child venting. Whatever
way you choose to take this, depends on you,
I am just here to be what no one was to me
and say what was never said to me.Despite all
the ugly things mentioned above though, you
are still that person that was mentioned be-
fore. Everything that is beautiful about you,
everything that is true and pure about you is
the things that will get you through the ugly
days. The love in you will conquer the hate in
the world, the confidence in you will rise at
your lowest of moments, the voice, the writ-
ing, the engineering, the drawing, the color-
ing, the painting, the eye, the accuracy, the
leader, the healer, the counsellor, the magician
in you will always find ways out. For some,
it might take longer than others, but that is
what life is. Every human is born alone, every
human being has their own time; to grow, to
learn, to graduate, to work, to fall in love, to
fall out of love, to succeed, and at last, to die.
I say all this to wake up the spirit of calm-
ness in you and in me. To remember that it
isn’t about how fast you get to the finish line
but about noticing and appreciating the leaps,
strides, moments, and heart that you put in
everything that you are doing.
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of your patience.
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try venting.
again. Whatever
way you choose to take this, depends on you,
I am just here to be what no one was to me
and say what was never said to me.Despite all
the ugly things mentioned above though, you
are still that person that was mentioned be-
fore. Everything that is beautiful about you,
everything that is true and pure about you is
the things that will get you through the ugly
days. The love in you will conquer the hate in
the world, the confidence in you will rise at
your lowest of moments, the voice, the writ-
ing, the engineering, the drawing, the color-
ing, the painting, the eye, the accuracy, the
leader, the healer, the counsellor, the magician
in you will always find ways out. For some,
it might take longer than others, but that is
what life is. Every human is born alone, every
human being has their own time; to grow, to
learn, to graduate, to work, to fall in love, to
fall out of love, to succeed, and at last, to die.
I say all this to wake up the spirit of calm-
ness in you and in me. To remember that it
isn’t about how fast you get to the finish line
but about noticing and appreciating the leaps,
strides, moments, and heart that you put in
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everything that you are doing. It is about pa-
tience, patience, patience.
In a world of flaws and endless imper-
fections, each one of us carries the right
amount of perfection required to get
through it. You’re enough. I am enough,
we’re all enough.
If you make it out of bed tomorrow morn-
ing and be able to do life for the day…. hey!
You’re winning!