Bedtime Breakdown

"Tell me the one about the hand that holds you down... Because you seem to be lost, with no intention to be found."

If someone told you what life you would lead from the beginning. What would you do with that knowledge? A common excuse for failure is to always put the blame somewhere else. To put the blame on being lost and having no guidance as to what your life will amount to. It is human nature to look to the person next to them and begin comparing lives.

I watched an interesting piece on perception today and it moved me. A forensic sketch artist asked random strangers to come meet and help conduct a study. They did not know for what. The only thing they knew, is that they would be meeting another person before going into the room with the artist. The artist never saw their faces but had each individual come in and describe themselves and then describe the person they met with. After everyone went, he brought them all in to look at the pictures, one that they described of themselves and the other that someone else described of them. In every instance, the self described portraits were less aesthetic than the portraits where another described that exact same person.

The take away points from this, was that sometimes the way we perceive ourselves is not how others perceive us. Which brings me back to the beginning question of what one would do with the knowledge of the life one would lead. Instead of always looking to others to see what to compare, we should begin to recognize our own talents and own beauty. The time is never right to make excuses, never right to point the finger. Because at the end of the day, we control our own destiny.

Realize your own talents, realize your own self worth, and make the change today.... Become a Warrior