You come into this world to find a purpose and dedicate yourself to it
You come into this world to find a purpose and dedicate yourself to it
And then you get distracted
By
others
See you come into this world and you are alone,
But sometimes you’re also a group
But even in a group you remain an individual
Your individuality is inalienable
Once it has been experienced — it cannot be rejected
And yet you betray it
You seek to rid yourself of it
You want others to decide for you
You want others to tell you what to DO, who to BE
And this is how you have gotten distracted
From yourself
From your purpose
And wasted life
To look towards the world before looking towards your purpose — is a distraction
To look at others instead of looking at yourself — is a distraction
To want them to approve is a distraction
To want to impress is a distraction
To even think what they think is a distraction
To look what they do, look how they look, is a distraction
Your first duty is you
Your first duty is finding your purpose, and dedicating yourself to it
You want to build something wonderful
For yourself
Then share it with the world
The latter is when you finally interact with the world
Not for them to gratify you — but for you to gratify them. Share with them
OF COURSE if the world can contribute to your purpose — great
In million ways it can
But then it’s not about you OR the world
It’s about your work, and the world’s work
Your goals and the world’s goals
They don’t approve of you and you don’t approve of them
You just work together
Indeed,
I recommend being so busy with your business that you forget who you are — besides being the one doing the work
And you forget the world exist — because it really doesn’t
There’s only YOUR world
Literally
As far as I’m concerned — there’s only MY WORLD. The world I’M IN — characterised by ME IN IT — therefore MINE
This is how you want to live
And to live anything less than that is to betray oneself
It’s a waste of life
To want to “win” in some world’s game is to be a bitch
To be photographed looking fancy is to be a bitch
To want to win an argument is to be a bitch
To worry is to be a bitch
To criticise is to be a bitch
To want to do better than others, be better than others is to be a bitch
Your work is what matters
Who you TRULY are is what matters
The rest is a distraction
It’s a form of weakness
A betrayal of oneself
Do yourself this favour
And just get back to work
Work on that which you believe in
This is who you are
This is how you honour yourself
This is how you love yourself
No distractions
You, which means YOU ALONE
NO WORLD to distract you
You alone
Your work
This is THE act of self-love
This is the PROCESS of true confidence and self-belief
And this is a meaningful life