An Infatuated Presence

Reality has become an increasingly volatile place. A realist may describe it as insufferably toxic. Do not get me wrong. By no means am I trying to be harsh. I take no pleasure in detailing the more inconvenient experiences that you will irrefutably endure. That being said, all I wish is for people to be adequately informed. 

Too often, we indulge ourselves in the more fulfilling adventures of life. In doing so, we leave ourselves in the ominous shadows, unprepared for the more devastating aspects of reality. The truth is, life is not viewed through transparent lens. Nor is it intricately fabricated with black and white mirrors. 

Rather, is imperfectly constructed with a hundred different shades of grey. The silhouette of this mirror is left unchaperoned. Allowing an inconceivable presence of desire and impulse nefariously seep in through the unguarded fractures.

In time your vision will begin to blur as if you are viewing life through a damning kaleidoscope. As human beings, we tend to look to others for validation. While this may be a natural act, sometimes validation should end with ourselves. 

If we continue to starve for such approval from a person, we become a glass image of that person. We become the mold of what another's thinking has sculpted us to be. If you start to engineer yourself on the basis of comparisons, you are defining yourself by what others can or cannot perform. Not by who you are in your purest form. You are not the sum of any affirmation but one of your own choosing. 

Do not allow the ill opinions of others bring you down. They are likely more interested in pulling you below the depths of farewell. You will never be satisfied if you change who you are to fit in with others. Never. There will always be someone prettier than you. Smarter than you. Stronger than you. But there will be never be another you. Until you accept and embrace who you are, you will only be a shadow of your full potential.