A Letter to Myself

When was the last time you weren’t asinine enough to let gibberish opinions guide you how to lead your life? When was the last time you didn’t let someone incriminate you for not living up to their beliefs and expectations? When was the last time you strengthened your own belief in yourself rather than demanding others to do so? Each day for us on this planet of 7.4 billion scathing, disparaging and overcritical individuals is no less than a challenge itself. Than why do we let them creep into our lives even more? Aren’t their hasty comments, piercing looks and judgmental stares enough already? Why is it that after bearing all this silent defiance against probably everything we do, we allow them to be aware of the fact that we are affected by their words? To listen to further nescient guidelines for a matter that has nothing to do with them? Your life is yours and you are not bound to meet the demands of any benchmarks set by others. Of course closing your eyes to something evidently beneficial and refusing to listen to someone’s opinion that might just be of use is not advisable either. But there’s a limit to that and that limit should not be crossed by either sides, the one dictating and the one welcoming this dictation. Keep your eyes and ears open and let yourself learn from the experiences of other, appreciate receiving suggestions, but leave the last bit to yourself. Don’t empower anyone so much that they influence your decisions, you will later only regret the paths not taken only because they were opposed by others. Set goals as you wish and then strive till all limits to achieve them. If you stumble, fall or completely fail, just get back up again. Get back on the battlefield of your life and this time try even harder. Stop feeling ashamed or considering yourself answerable to anyone for your loss. You tried and nothing beats that. You aren’t bound to win each battle and this definitely isn’t the last. Learn to become reticent about the results, your failure may just but you in a more liable to be questioned position by them and sometimes your success may not even please them much. And if you consider them the antagonists in your life, then believe me your tears are their strength and your smiles the source of them being encouraged to set their goals. You can’t answer every question raised upon your life; just learn to walk away from them without expressing any emotion at all. Rise, flourish and prosper, not for anyone else but your own self. Those who care for you will always be there and you know who they are, let them be the only ones capable enough to have a say in what you do.