Invisible Superpowers.
Why do we crave social media likes? Why do we obsess over compliments? Why do we as humans NEED reassurance and recognition for everything we do? Because we love to feel needed, wanted, and loved. We were all born with a space in our hearts to need a Higher Power. Whether you want to name that God, Creator, Buddha, Allah, whatever you worship, you were born to need that hole filled. Unfortunately a lot of us do not fill that hole with that Higher Power. We fill it with people and things. So we are always in need of that acknowledgment from the world. We want to have a constant reminder that we exist. As if waking up and taking a breath is not sufficient enough. We HAVE to feel special and feel like the world would not be the same if we were not here.
So......If the world was blind, how many people would you impress?
If no one could watch your snap stories, no one could see your facebook and instagram posts, no one could watch the videos and pictures you post, would they still be impressed by you? If they weren't, how bad would that affect you? What does that feel like when someone is unimpressed by who you are?
I can say personally, it does not feel good. AT ALL. I entered a poetry competition last year and did not get picked to go to the finals. It crushed me. The judges were not impressed. My spoken word did not excite them. My art was not good enough. Well at that moment, that is what I thought. After that discouraging event, I stopped writing for a very long time. I stopped recording my poetry and just chalked it up as being inadequate. ONE situation made me curl in a ball and almost give up on my dreams and my passion. Thank God I didn't right? But see how powerful someone else's opinions of us can be detrimental to our purpose? Impressing people should not be our goal. Yes, I did not get picked, but it grew me. It shaped me. It taught me to never give up. This blog is not to impress people. It is not for people to pat me on the back. It is to help. To inspire. To love. To push people closer to the freedom EVERY single person desires. If I focus on what people think of my writing, or my art, or my poetry, I will forever be disappointed. There will always be someone, or a group of people, that do not like what I am doing or saying. I could care less. We impress people by loving and giving without selfish motives. To serve freely is the most impressive thing to me. When someone does something selflessly because they want to, not because they are forced, that leaves a huge impression. I aspire to be an author and I will keep writing until that happens. So many of college professors gave me C's and D's and I will never forget that. I will never forget how my words left so many people unimpressed. Whether they disagreed with what I was saying, or I was too open minded and outspoken, I do not care. I will never conform just to get a high five or a good grade or a standing ovation. Encouragement is an amazing thing, don't get me wrong. I think speaking life into people is needed. But to expect someone to speak life into you is not needed. The expectation that someone should like you and love what you are doing in life is not needed. Encourage yourself for once. Lisa Nichols said, "Like yourself enough to where you don't need any one else's likes." That is a powerful statement. My blog will always lead back to self-love. That is the greatest way to impress the world; love yourself and know who you are and what you want on this Universe. Know your purpose. Impress yourself today!