Being Invisible
I guess it isn’t fair to expect myself write as well as I did two years ago. When I worked in my profession and I had to stop my daydreaming and wall staring (what I call the process of writing) in order to function.
I like to give encouragement to people I care about. I’ve lived my life sorta doing things in a half assed way. Afraid of letting people know of my abilities, afraid of people with their grading pads, and critical eyes. It is crazy, I know. People tell us to shine, to use our potential, to be the best that we can be.
The hard truth is that sometimes the people you expect to lift you up doesn’t understand. They try to hammer you down, trying fit you in the mold of what they think you should be. So to avoid those eyes who disapproves without understanding is it any wonder I allowed myself to slide, trying to avoid the radar, to be invisible?
I consciously try to see the tentative steps people make towards reaching their self-actualization. I give encouragement when I can. For those haters this isn’t my way of being popular in Facebook or other networking media. I want to change, in my own little way, my environment by being positive. To recognize a glimmer to talent and help make it grow.
It is so easy to criticize. People with their good intentions truly think that being harsh in their evaluation of your lack is helpful. They think it is teaching. They forget that nurturing the confidence is better. They break people up to supposedly make them better. Who are they to do that? People who are critical of your art or your writing as if they are masters in this fields- What right do they have in breaking your dreams?
So don’t make my appreciation of your works the wrong way. I just want people surrounding me to shine. To shine with me.
Of course, my offer of self-esteem building does not include my younger brother’s singing. End.
