So easy to see all the ways to perfect myself. Especially when I see others -- who are better dressed, skinnier, more polished, more confident, more outgoing, more aggressive -- achieving things I want to achieve. Most of these things I can take care of -- I mean, no reason I need to be tee shirt and blue jeans every day -- no reason I can't have a smoothie for breakfast instead of two bowls of cereal -- but I think always having an improvement project is sort of demoralizing. Maybe that is why I suffer from bouts of low-grade depression.
What can I do, right now, where I am, with what I have. Lots!! I can still launch all my precious baby business ideas. Right? There are millions of people in the world, yes, the shiny people will have success faster perhaps -- but not EVERYONE is going to connect with the bright shiny people. Not everyone has a bright shiny life. I will find my tribe, when I put my babies into the world.
I have always felt I could connect to people who were vulnerable in some way, and maybe it is because I lose all sense of myself, but am focusing on them, listening to them, offering counsel. Maybe that is what I need to do in those situations when I feel insecure, forget myself, see the person in front of me and focus on them, not my own anxiety.
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