Every adult has a child in them, and that child will make an appearance occasionally.
Have you ever acted in a way that in retrospect you felt you were childish acting that way or someone told you that act was childish?
Welcome to reality!!
We’re all prone to overreacting. That is the default setting. You see it in every child. It’s still there in adulthood, but we’ve learned to regulate ourselves better.
We all must learn to regulate ourselves as we grow. In as much as you’re trying to be real and natural, you can’t afford to use that o create some form of inconvenience for others.
Imagine passing out urine on yourself in public and your excuse is that you are just been yourself (yeah I know that’s extreme but let’s use that)
It has a lot to do with what we tell ourselves. What you tell yourself, is how you train yourself.
This is why when I read or see certain things done by people and the first thing that comes to my mind is ‘don’t do that’.
I challenge you today to be t things :
Let that child in you come out responsibly. You don’t have to work yourself out everyday without feeling that child you were many years ago.
Don’t underestimate the importance of having yourself checked mentally. Don’t wait until things go ‘south’ before you seek out therapy. Go for a check today to really know where you stand.
Excuses don’t help us grow. Don’t live a life filled with excuses because you won’t grow. Excuses give us reasons to mess up first ourselves and then those around us. Just to also say that your emotional state should not serve as an excuse for you to hurt others.
Finally, one of the things I have learned in my Rotary Club is the 4-way Test of the things we say, think or do as it reminds me to think in that light before I do anything: Is it Fair, is it beneficial to all concerned are the two that drive me. Think about it today.
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