A Spark by Innocent Mwatsikesimbe from The Vision, chapter 42
“There is no need to feel out of place. Just be yourself and live life, because no one knows with surety what we are doing here on Earth.”
by Innocent Mwatsikesimbe — from The Vision, chapter 42
The walk-through
Being different from the people around you carries a quiet fear: that you have got it wrong. “Lacking the comfort that comes from doing things in numbers, it’s easy to feel out of place and fear making mistakes.”
Take opinions. Holding one that isn’t popular can feel like an error. “It’s not, if you’re being yourself.” Agreement was never the design — not everyone’s opinion is supposed to match, and a world where they all did would not be an interesting one.
The real loosening is this: nobody has the certainty everyone else appears to carry. Some people guess about why we are here on Earth, and a confident guess is still a guess. In all that confusion we live and exist, which is reason enough to do it as yourself.
AI-composed from Innocent's text, reviewed and refined by Innocent.
More from this source
- My idea of outliving is not living more years, but deeper moments. Seizing the moment and appreciating my freedom to live.
- You don't wait for people to believe in you before pursuing your dreams. You believe in yourself first, and then everyone else may follow suit.
- Wanting more in life is only wrong when you are driven by avarice, and not a genuine and reasonable need to be comfortable.
- Don't judge advice by your opinion of its teller. Judge it by what it is worth.
- It's hard to accept less love than what you think you deserve, and it's also hard to love more than is deserved.