As my eyes open up in the morning, the first thing I do is to say a little prayer to God on how thankful I am for having another day and another chance to put the puzzle pieces of my life on its proper place. Every morning for me is great as I believe that God had already made His wonderful plan for me and He knows my purpose. God’s purpose, this is what I look at and tries to figure out now – Who am I? Where am I? and Why am I here? All these questions will merely fall on the category of “Knowing One’s Purpose”.
I look at the mirror and saw myself smiling, feeling happy and contented with what I am seeing. Even if I do not wear any make up or jewelries, I still see myself as beautiful for I am an artwork and a unique creation made by the All Mighty. This might sound hilarious for some of the people living their lives on the new era but I live my life for God. We are made by Him and His blood was shed for us so we should do good in return.
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| HAPPINESS is a CHOICE |
I am not the type of person who will always go for what other people think is right, instead I go for what I think is the best for me. Even in my choice of music, I want the oldies but goodies. I do not care if others look at it as timeworn or out of the trend, as long as it makes me happy I will grab it. Listening to music is one of the things that we can enjoy for free, the same with happiness which people often see as impossible to have. Others think it is impossible to attain happiness because they are afraid – afraid of making a choice. Happiness is a choice and it can never be found on material things or in other people. Pursuit of happiness starts from within and that is by ourselves. There is no such thing as perfect place, perfect job, perfect boyfriend/girlfriend, perfect parents and perfect everything. It is just a matter of choice on how we will look at them and appreciate them. Everyone can be happy if they want to, it’s just a matter of accepting one’s imperfection.
How do other people see me? I actually do not care about their perception about me because it will only make me confused of who I really am that will result to difficulty of finding my purpose. But since I have allotted a space for this paragraph, I will cite some characteristics or traits that other people see me as. Others see me as responsible, serious and intelligent when it comes to studying but I am not. Some of my friends say that I am a confident person maybe because I do not care about what other people will say, and most of the time they call me an adviser. I give free advice to anyone but I am not forcing them to take it, it is still up to them on weighing their options. When there is a conversation going on between my friends and I look at them earnestly, they will laugh and think that something bad is running in my head. My friends look at me as a green-minded person, again, I’m not. Green minded is a lot different from being an open-minded, I guess they are just confused. Lastly, there is one person that sees me as annoying. In my entire life, this is the first time that I got such comment but it doesn’t matter and I will never change myself for anyone just to please them, it is a waste of time and might lead to losing my own identity.
Thinking of my ideal self makes me feel quite uncomfortable. Ideal Self is an idealized version of ourself created out of what we have learned from our life experiences, the demands of society, and what we admire in our role models. If our Real Self is far from this idealized image, then we might feel dissatisfied with our life and consider ourself a failure. Therefore, my Ideal Self is who I am today for this is what I planned to achieve from my yesterday.
