Why do we, as free human beings, always get sorted into certain categories or numbers. And why do we often only look at those numbers and let other people decide our value through that? Is this really how our life should be?
First of all, how did this happen?
Why do we feel bad when we do not fullfill others expectations?, e.g. a certain grade, your number on the scale, your IQ...
Why do we even let other people do this to ourselves?
Why is everyone fine with it, even though we know that it makes us feel bad or like an outcast?
It's not easy and even I for myself have not found the way to go yet but we should at least keep searching for it.
I believe in ourselves. I believe in myself that I should focus more on me and not on the opinion from others. It is fine to get someones opinion from time to time. This on the other hand is only the case, if you don't start being afraid of expressing your own opinion.
A point of view like that is hard to get used to and stick to, I know. But change in general is never easy.
At least one should try. Maybe just start with the little things, like making some decisions for yourself and not asking your friends or whoever is with you if this is fine. We live only once and therefore we should try to live this life like we want it to.
To all the people that might feel down rightnow because of these "numbers": yes they are just numbers. In some perspectives they might say something about you but not about your true self. The you inside yourself.
Just know that there is always someone who loves you the way you are no matter what. This also took me a while to really realise myself but it was worth it. This little step, this slight change in my way of perceiving things makes me happy.
So maybe now it's ur turn?