Finding the "REAL" you

Simple enough title without all those bloody ramifications.
Alas life is rarely simple and humans have a wonderful habit of complicating simple or basic scenarios. I'm thinking there is some kind of encoding that makes us behave like erring children who belong to a long suffering parent.
The real you is an issue to discover because it hides in plain sight. It is the side of you that is kept well guarded and protected because it is perceived as weak. It is either considered too kind or too wicked, too patient, too tolerant, too judgmental, too forward etc.
Alas - when did we get to the point where our best qualities have been cast aside in favor of a more "pragmatic" or street-smart version of you.

I remember the story of a boy who loved to draw a lot of pictures. He could spend hours immersed in this universe of imagination for which his young mind often took him on trips - his eyes would shine with the discovery of a new character and he couldn't wait to share it with friends and family alike.

It was like he felt had a responsibility to share this creation with those around him.
Alas his gifts were deemed as too "trivial" by his parents and teachers who had such "HIGH HOPES" for him to become a doctor or lawyer or engineer - his parents even held the view that he could do all the drawings in the world as an engineer or an architect so they rallied against his gifts and forced him to slowly but surely lose the wonder for his drawings.
It was a sad fate to subject such a mind to and the long term consequences are plain to see - the young boy lost his first love to blind ignorance of those around him who should have known better.

It would take many years and many long drawn battles before he could rediscover this inner joy that came with drawing - this was were his heart lay twenty years later.


One could of course argue that he was now older and could therefore pursue his ambitions but the truth remains that if he had been encouraged and his young talent nurtured - he would have definitely achieved his ambitions at an earlier age and his skill would have been far beyond their current stage.

Therein lies the folly of not finding the real you - the you that is happier doing what makes you truly happy. The real you that is not confined to the expectations of others but strives to be better even when the faults are visibly apparent.
The real you who is not afraid to learn or make mistakes or face criticisms because of those inner convictions.
A man without conviction is a dead man walking - so goes the saying.

Don't be that DEAD man walking - be the real thing. Be YOU!

Life series: An introduction

Welcome my friend.

It is a good sign that you are here among us.
There must be reasons after all to make it so - we are all travelers on this journey and our destination is that often wavering road called life.

You are now among the pages of the life lesson series or LLS for short - we hope to share some nuggets of wisdom from time to time that may require the occasional response or two from you. Please feel free to contribute and make sure that you invite others to join us.


We will make you think, laugh, cry - we might even make you smile.
Regardless of what emotions we invoke - you will always come back from more.

Once again - welcome to the life series.