Well thousands of stuffs have been said
about acceptance, it means a lot to different people and it implies much more
than it meets the face to different persons today. But what does acceptance
really mean?....OK, that might be too demanding but according Merriam
Webster online dictionary it is put as “agreeing either expressly or by conduct
to the act of another so that a contract is concluded and legally bounded”. I
will would like to put it this way "the definition of others about you of
which you consciously or unconsciously agree to due to your insecurities
".Acceptance is very good when it brings positive outcomes but often a times we caught in web of others
definition of about us without barely hearing our own voice or most times our
voice is sold out to them in order to secure a space in their good book which
we get at a penalty we tend to pay until we probably recognize the captivity
and enslavement we willfully chose to lock our self into.
Acceptance could generally implies
accepting something, which could be either be a gift , good name, favor , a
lift back home after a hectic day ,kind gesture which blow you out with your
consent. oh really, but in a deeper sense who sees acceptance now as those
great stuff nowadays , with the advent of modern technology , trending fashion,
latest this or that, who is or who isn't this or that. lately people are
involved in checking up with people lives than they are about themselves, when
asked they just giggle with a big grin and reply "am just keeping a tab on
Mac’s or Chloe’s life" without any definite reason but some sort of cheap
jealousy because you're more than them, so they device ways to demean you so
you fall into their mediocre kind of life by making you feel inferior.
The thing is this, most people are too
concerned with what people think about them in the 21st century and am not
saying we shouldn't be, at-least it should be from those well deserving persons, and also busy living other
people lives wishing to be loved and accepted just like them , we left our
lives relegated to the background in the trash can because of our insecurities
, fears, we don't feel good enough lacking confidence, because we have watched
it , heard it and we admired the star that performed it, we wish to be
like those stage managed lives hoping to be accepted. well the sign post reads
“you on the wrong track find yours!!! “, this often comes when self-awareness
and purpose isn't clearly defined and pursued which down pours self-pity and
soliloquy at those odd moments . Just
because we want to hang out with the coolest guys in town we sell our selves so
cheap to their lifestyle that doesn't go down well with us, just to remain in
their good book, sometimes even our guts become so disgusted of our
decisions.
We don't need to be super this or that
to be beautiful or handsome, after-all beauty is in the eyes of the beholder,
we need to first accept our selves not what people think of us or not . Trust me GOD created us in His
image we should seek to please him alone, not some friends who throw
inferiority. GOD desire we please him alone and if we sincerely do, that what
others think of us wouldn't count or stand the taste of time, if we choose
him we have the peace the world can’t
give. Also we should find inner
peace and contentment with ourselves, we shouldn't base our life on the worlds
standard.it becomes imperative to define purpose for living at this time; this
becomes a guide to check irrelevancy and subjugation, setting a template for a
brighter future.
"No one can make you feel inferior
without your consent; it’s your life rise to the occasion"
