Our deepest fear............

I remember as a child how I could walk into a classroom and look around at the other kids and say “I will beat them all” (academically that is) and all the time with some effort on my part I came out tops (Power of the words I guess). When I turned 15 I got tired literally of being one of the so called “top students” because it was waay too much pressure, I was tired of competing all the time in my quest to stay on top, I felt i was taking myself too seriously and needed to take it easy , so you can all guess what happened .I remember how in Biology I jumped from being in 2^nd position to 36^th out of 40 LOL (true story).My marks were not bad, I passed but I just was not in that so called “excellent student” percentile and yes my parents threw a HUGE fit(which parent wouldn’t?), BUT here I am  today a force to be reckoned with in my own right.

Anyway in my self search I have come to realise that as much as competition is healthy it makes people fit in rather than stand out. What it does is direct all competitors to one goal which is the 1^st position. This means you are boxed in and made the same because instead of being different and thinking out of the box, you find yourself like everyone else trying to outdo the other person by changing what they are already doing slightly and in some cases you put more effort in what you are already doing so you get a better result which is not bad at all BUT traps you in the mediocrity circle/box.

If you look at it, the people who make it big in life are not the brightest or fasted. They are the ones who jump out of that box, they simply stray away from the cycle and need to compete and they dare to be different and what do you know?

We are all made to be different and we all have different purposes in life. In most cases we never discover or even entertain our stray thoughts because we are busy following the crowd or looking for space in the box.

Is it not time you take your place in the circle of life? Stand tall and dream big, there is and will always be only one of you, don't be afraid to think and act out of the box. It could be that one stray thought that could be your ticket to the BIG time.

@makanakam

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”