Expectations. People always expect things. They expect you to be perfect, to not fail, to be excellent. Everyone. Hold on, this reminds me of something:

If you haven’t read that, better do it now. This article is a sequel to the idea of perfectionism, the ideal life, and all the “perfect” things that surround us.

I always wonder who I should prove wrong first. Should this be my parents, my friends, my teachers? Myself?

We all have goals we want to pursue but often in the way we get stuck, and we want to give up, and that is because we’ve had enough? We are tired to prove everything to everyone?

Well, maybe the key to success can be the perspective we see things. Maybe we should prove ourselves wrong and not others? Maybe we can just try to be ourselves, do our best, and care less about what other people may think of us.

Let’s analyze that a bit. There haven’t been a few times when I went out, went to school, went shopping, went wherever, and criticized myself, the way I thought people around me will see me. The sad but honest truth is that not everyone cares about you, and sometimes, that can be a nice thing.

Always “infiltrating” yourself and your true image to be something you believe others would “like to see” was, and even now still is a type of mindset I have, whenever I do something that concerns myself and only. I’m working on that, and today I wanted to shout this out, and make it clear to everybody who’s reading this:

There is magic in ourselves, and that magic is found within. We should never think that our magic sparks are not enough for this world for us to be alive. Everyone, is here for a reason, and we may yet not know what that reason for each one of us is, but once we find out maybe everything will seem different. It sounds optimistic and exciting, or to some, boring, because many people don’t want to experience the change within themselves or don’t want to accept that there is hope, and that hope never dies. And I don’t criticize that, because there have been many times all of us experienced failure, fear of acceptance, and many, many sad feelings. But if you want to keep moving on, do you need to give it all up, or give your all instead, and continue fighting?

The answer for me, is to continue fighting. Giving up sounds like the easiest option, and sometimes it may also be. But, the truth is that even giving up can seem hard, and that is because when we get attached to something, it is tough to let it go. When you love something, or even someone with all your will, you want to fight everything you have for them, or it, to be yours forever. So giving up is never truly an option for you. Deep inside we all know that we want the best for ourselves, the lifestyle of our dreams, our favorite people around us forever, our dream profession and so much more.

And when we have all that will to conquer each and every one of these goals, the truth is that sometimes we are so tired because it is: “longer than expected”, “too much to bear”, “painful to have to go through this”, “unfair” etc. When you lose hope it really is hard to gain your hope and belief back. But you can’t do everything alone, that’s why there are family, friends, and kind strangers to help you through life.

You need to be successful. Not because society asks for it, or because you need to be perfect. But because it is truly what your heart wants. Have you ever thought of that?