SHINE!

Well hello! How are you doing? I pray you're fine and that God continues to show up for you.

Welcome to today's gist.

"The Sky is big enough for every bird to fly." For a  long time in my life, I was obsessed with the spotlight, if someone was going to be the recipient of the accolades and fame, it just had to be me: I would not even tell people around me about opportunities because I didn't want their competition, I didn't care whose feet I stepped on or the relationships I would destroy to get to the spotlight, the end for me justified the means and I played extremely dirty. I got what I wanted, but it cost me things that in retrospect I should have placed more value on. The interesting thing was that I didn't see anything wrong with what I was doing, majorly because I had befriended someone who was exactly like that also, we were two peas in a pod so to speak. However, as time went by, I began to realize that success was not an orphan, so it didn't make sense that I only had myself and a minuscule number of people to share my successes with. Over time, I began to discover that successes became sweeter when I had people to share it with: I didn't have to succeed alone, moving up with those around me was great! 

I know someone, make that people, who seem to only feel better when they've put someone else down.  And I keep thinking to myself "you have no idea how much more fun it is to not do what you're doing." But I understand where they are coming from, I've been there before. It's usually our insecurities playing out, so we think that to feel good about ourselves, we have to put down others but then how many people can we put down really? I know someone whose response to anything you say is to point out your flaws or do something that will result in your being in some of trouble or the other; I've found that that well that you attempt to fill by putting others down only becomes deeper with each person, the best thing is to completely stop pouring into it, so every time you feel the  urge to douse someone else's fire, remember that yours will shine no brighter for doing that and let them burn brighter. No one needs to suffer for you to shine but this wicked mentality is something we've been fed by society so we just find ourselves doing it.

Now, let's do a challenge, shall we? For every time you feel the urge to put someone else down, go out of your way to help them on their way to success and becoming better. 

 I really hope I've been able to communicate my ideas to you properly and that my scattered thoughts are helpful to you.

That  break I've been talking about? I'm taking it now. I probably will not be writing for all of October so let me take the time to wish you a wonderful October.

See you when I see you, and come with gist for me.

Love,

Achenyo.