I am kind of
passionate about this topic becos its something I always pondered on right from
when I was a teenager. Do I conform to the pressures from peers/society just to
fit into a certain stereotype or do I be myself. Do I buy expensive clothes and
accessories I truly cant afford just to gain “popularity”. Do I do all I can to
look like a photo-shopped, size zero super model I see regularly on the covers
of cosmopolitan just to find my “Prince Charming”. Do I have to live a farce for
a life just to be accepted into a certain “class”, basically and generally what
I’d call “faking the funk” or do I just let my true personality shine through
and be accepted by whoever deems me worthy…
I can say that am fortunate I didn’t have to “fake the funk”
becos in growing older, getting more mature and having a better
understanding of the word of God and His ways, I have come to realise that
there is so much more to life than all these things. In saying this, we must
remember that there are basic attributes a lady must have; looking good and
decent, well mannered and cultured, smelling great and well groomed.
Am 31 going on 32, this is me not all photo-shopped like a
super model, nothing close to a size zero and yet I am married to MY “Prince
Charming”. I didn’t buy clothes I couldn’t afford and yet I can say I am known
by quite a number of people, atleast a number I can manage, and I live a
genuinely simple life and still believe I belong to the class of people that
God has chosen for me, of which I must
say is a great class.
I may not be living my billion dollar dream life just yet
but I am on the right path to living the dream and I didn’t have to change ME
to be on this path.
This is a message to the kids (teenagers) out there, girls
and boys who are torn between conforming to the pressures from peers/society
and portraying their true identity. Its so much easier to be yourself than to
be someone else and end up spending the rest of your life trying to remain that
person whom you are not.
STAY TRUE TO YOURSELF!!!!!
Having a better understanding and being content in spirit really does help, thanks for sharing.
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