Follow Your Bliss

If we live as ourselves our whole life, why does it take so long to realize who we are...what we want...what we like...what we don't like...what makes us comfortable/uncomfortable.  Why do people change...why do their interests change?  What if our whole purpose in life is to develop a relationship with ourselves...?  Now by no means am I trying to sound like a crazy person whose trying to develop a new religion or philosophy, but I do like to ask my self questions that make me think... I've reached a lot of "AH-HUH" moments this year and I was like, "if only i would have realized that years ago." LOL  So now that I have some "self knowledge" under my belt,  I have yet to develop the will power to break this "cycle."  Its the hardest part to escape and sometimes I wonder if it can be undone without help. Nevertheless, life lessons bring everything in between joy and tears; and it is my mind that allows me to see it as happiness or so...

They say you can never be the “best”, but who says you can’t keep going on as though you were?

Maya Angelou once said, "People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." I came across this quote years ago and it was one that always kinda stuck with me.  I guess because I really found truth in it - in many situations... It is undeniable we were all given things which we excel and things which we are weak in.  I don't know if its just me or if others feel this way, but there are many times I feel I have failed or didn't meet the expectations that where set. Worse, I have developed a bad habit of lingering on it and not letting it go.  Nevertheless, I admire those who are self-disciplined enough to not let these type of situations effect them or their perception of self.  The good thing is that self-discipline can be worked on. One way to help me shake it off was to go back to a time were someone had made me feel important .  Like Maya's quote, I don't remember what it was that ...