What if you were only concerned about you?
What type of world would we live in? You might
ask, well...you wouldn't care really! Some may say that would be
completely selfish, how can we only be concerned about ourselves? What about
other people? Well, they would be concerned about themselves too...So
what would we have to worry about?
What are you most concerned about? Remove
yourself from the 'wars', politics, economics, tertiary education, all systems
such as these. None of those are your concern. YOU are your only
concern.
You are all you have. Everyone else and
everything else in this world should never come before yourself. Focus on
you... Sometimes we get desperate to find someone who we can relate to best.
Why can't I find someone like me who likes the same
things I do, or has the same outlook on life as I do?
Why would you want to when you already have YOU!
The problem is that we search for someone who is like us or someone who
understands us, not trusting ourselves to become the person we wish to meet.
The one we wish to spend most of our time with...
Are we scared to be alone? To do things alone? To
venture out into the world alone? Who goes out to
parties/movies/restaurants alone?! That is crazy...right?
My freedom came when I was able to be by
myself for long periods of time and not feel anxious, lonely or sad.
I have reached a beautiful place where I enjoy the company of others, but also
love my own company immensely! I make jokes and laugh with myself (not at
myself...let's clear that up), I compliment myself often (this is not
conceited!) and I motivate myself when I have to (even if that requires using a
Les Brown accent to do so). Spending time with yourself allows you to get
to know yourself on a deeper level. You get to understand how you operate
in different settings and you get to experience and learn new things about
yourself daily. More importantly, you will automatically be happier
if all you did was focus on yourself and making yourself happy.
Being unconditionally happy...this means being happy right now!!
This very moment! Not when you achieve success, not when the right
partner comes around, not when you get a new car, right now, without
conditions! Can you be unconditionally happy?
This requires you to be in constant communication
with yourself, being honest with yourself and admitting 'mistakes'. Yet,
the beauty I have found is that there are no such things as mistakes or wrong
choices...only chances for you to figure out what it is you want. When
you know what you don't want, you know what you do want.
So I challenge you to spend more time with yourself
to really and truly get to a beautiful place of self-awareness. Michael
Jackson knew it. He knew that in order for this world to operate at it's
best, we had to focus on ourselves first, then everything else will fall into
place.
Know yourself. Love yourself. Take care
of yourself. You...FIRST!
