"Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth." - Katherine Mansfield
Oh how profound this simple quote truly is. Perhaps one of the hardest lessons any of us have to learn is that in order to be free to experience contentment, one must learn to ignore the opinions of others. How often have you experienced that when something is going well for you a naysayer will come along to try and make you feel guilty for it? In adolescence, most choose to assimilate with those around us in order to avoid harsh criticism. To strike a novel path, against the direction the crowd is flowing, is often to live a life apart; but that doesn't equate to a life unfulfilled.
When one has the strength and courage to "face the truth" and "risk anything" to take action for oneself... it is possible to feel a joy that would not have been discovered any other way. Why allow others to dictate our lives?
"The truth" is that true happiness can come from thinking and acting for oneself; by doing the things that you enjoy rather than playing the role expected by others. Take action! Don't be lulled into the endless sea of conformity... Think for yourself, form your own beliefs through your experiences. No one else is inside your head, your heart, your soul; how can they dictate your existence? They can, only if you let them.
"If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing." - Margaret Thatcher
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