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Do You Think You Are Remarkable? Here Is How You Can Be
One of the most heartbreaking things in this entire universe is — everyone thinks they are not remarkable enough. Look at you. You clicked on this title!
I find it painful to observe how everyone (including me) tries hard, harder, to be interesting and remarkable for others. Trying to say something really funny or wearing an outfit that will turn heads or achieving something that will gain attention and sometimes, in this trial period, ended up sounding arrogant and superior.
If I ask you, what do you do to become remarkable? You might say, ‘Renuka, I don’t try to do any of it. I don’t care about people.’
But oh my love! We all are unconscious of our own behavior. If you zoom out and look closely, at how everyone (including you) tries to be remarkable.
The worst part of it is — in our attempt to be remarkable, we often end up exhausting our souls and lowering our self-respect. When you don’t get the kind of attention/response for your words/presence you expected in your head, you feel a little different like you were ignored.
It happens because you try to be a reflection of what you think people will like instead of letting yourself just BE. And since everyone is playing this game, no one is really paying attention to the other person. Everyone is…