Sometimes people try to make us feel inadequate, useless, half a person than we actually are. And we fall for it. We actually begin to see ourselves as failures. They would sing praises of their "perfect" life. Their "perfect" boos, "perfect" jobs, "perfect' school certs, their "perfect" bank accounts, even their "perfect" vagina( I have a friend who once bragged that every man she sleeps with tells her there is sugar in her "thing". That her "thing" is so sweet....How daft right?)
News flash: No one has a perfect life. Not even the richest or the most beautiful or the smartest persons on earth do. I wouldn't want to give examples of beauty queens who everyone felt they had the world at their feet yet they committed suicide. Or our very own Nigerian Babaginda who has all the money in the world yet his beloved Maryam died of cancer.
No one has got it all. The cure to never feeling inadequate is right inside you. It's not having the most amazing job, or boyfriend, or stuff like that. It's by accepting all your imperfections and dealing with them.
Love your life. No matter how messy it is. It's what you think about yourself that matters. Don't allow people to get you thinking: Why don't I have her/his life. You don't really know the troubles she/he faces.
Love yourself. Love your imperfections. Tell yourself; No matter what happens I am going to be happy. After crying I would smile and laugh.
Don't dwell on all the sad things in your life. Look at the big picture - No one knows tomorrow. There is hope that tomorrow would be better.
So if someone is saying "Oh! I have a perfect life. You should envy me".
Do three things.
1. Ignore
2. Ignore
AND
3. Ignore
News flash: No one has a perfect life. Not even the richest or the most beautiful or the smartest persons on earth do. I wouldn't want to give examples of beauty queens who everyone felt they had the world at their feet yet they committed suicide. Or our very own Nigerian Babaginda who has all the money in the world yet his beloved Maryam died of cancer.
No one has got it all. The cure to never feeling inadequate is right inside you. It's not having the most amazing job, or boyfriend, or stuff like that. It's by accepting all your imperfections and dealing with them.
Love your life. No matter how messy it is. It's what you think about yourself that matters. Don't allow people to get you thinking: Why don't I have her/his life. You don't really know the troubles she/he faces.
Love yourself. Love your imperfections. Tell yourself; No matter what happens I am going to be happy. After crying I would smile and laugh.
Don't dwell on all the sad things in your life. Look at the big picture - No one knows tomorrow. There is hope that tomorrow would be better.
So if someone is saying "Oh! I have a perfect life. You should envy me".
Do three things.
1. Ignore
2. Ignore
AND
3. Ignore
