This is about how much we can achieve.
Often we worry about what others think of us, we want to prove ourselves worthy of others respect and love but in reality, we do not have to. Often we are told and trained to see ourselves from others perspective. They treat us badly and we feel we are not good enough. We keep trying harder and we end up exhausting our energy in proving ourselves. In reality, we do not have to worry about what others think of you or how they treat us. Because what others think and how they treat us depends on on them not on us. So instead of worrying about what others are thinking, think of who you are.
Recently I met a lady who was a house wife all her life. When her kids grew up, they always shouted at her, what all do you keep doing. What have you achieved in your life. Her husband would ask same, I guess kids generally copy their behavior from parents and they learn the same thing. Not to mention it satisfies their ego. So, she used to feel like crying when everyone started questioning her. She thought of doing many things to prove herself worthy and capable. But she kept failing. One day she left for a long break to find some meaning to her life. Everyone was surprised because they did not know how to manage without her. After one month back, when she came back, not only she had made new friends in the Nature Care Ashram where she had lived, she also had her business plan ready. In her absence, her house was a chaos as no one could find anything at its place and they all knew what all she was doing. She kept trying to prove herself, she could not. When she was herself, everyone knew her value.
Every body born here has value and worthy of everything and God’s love. We all are designed in his reflection and light. We can achieve anything we want. But before that we need to believe in who we are and what we can do rather than putting ourselves down because of others. They cannot know us, until we know ourselves. We have to give them a new perspective. BE yourself, be love, be strong, be kind.
