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Two contradictory organs
Be yourself at all times
be loyal to your nature even when your nature gets you hurt. when the person you check on never checks on you. when the effort you give dissolves into people who will never notice, never appreciate, or never reciprocate. this asymmetry will wound you. it will make you question whether you are the fool, whether everyone else knows something you dont about how to protect yourself. let them have their safety. you have chosen something harder and infinitely more valuable: integrity that does not ...
Stick to it!!!
Born to be a leader
Can’t settle for less.
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Be yourself at all times
be loyal to your nature even when your nature gets you hurt. when the person you check on never checks on you. when the effort you give dissolves into people who will never notice, never appreciate, or never reciprocate. this asymmetry will wound you. it will make you question whether you are the fool, whether everyone else knows something you dont about how to protect yourself. let them have their safety. you have chosen something harder and infinitely more valuable: integrity that does not ...
Stick to it!!!
Born to be a leader
Can’t settle for less.
I didn’t realize it then, but I had learned to overcompensate, to perform, achieve, and please, just to feel like I belonged. I buried my feelings deep enough that I no longer recognized them. I built walls and wore masks to keep others from getting too close.
But underneath it all was one core fear: What if people find out who I really am or what I’ve done? That’s shame. That’s guilt. That’s the voice of rejection trying to convince us that we must hide who we are to be loved.
I didn’t realize it then, but I had learned to overcompensate, to perform, achieve, and please, just to feel like I belonged. I buried my feelings deep enough that I no longer recognized them. I built walls and wore masks to keep others from getting too close.
But underneath it all was one core fear: What if people find out who I really am or what I’ve done? That’s shame. That’s guilt. That’s the voice of rejection trying to convince us that we must hide who we are to be loved.
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The blogpost traces how overcompensation and the urge to perform and please shape belonging by burying emotions behind walls and masks. It highlights a core fear of being found out, driven by shame, guilt, and the voice of rejection that argues love requires concealment. @playmakerjnr