Perhaps we are what we are? Just perfect in all our own ways.

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Perhaps we are what we are? Just perfect in all our own ways.

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<p>Ever saw a good-looking man on TV and thought, 'oh I <em>wish</em> I was as good looking as him?' or a lady with lovely long legs and think wow, 'I <em>wish</em> I had long legs like her?' Chances are you do that all the time, or you have done at some level. I'm no exception, for a good part of my twenties I was always wishing what other people had; the glam, the friends, the fortune, I wanted it all and more. I would often dream of me being on a golden throne and handing out titbits to my minions. Yeah, I wanted to be rich and famous and amazing.</p>
<p>See, there's the thing. Happy and content people don't make good buyers. The last time I bought something decent for myself that I didn't need was quite a while ago, perhaps a few years or even a decade ago. I'm happy with what I have, and content.</p>
<p>I wasn't in my 20's though.</p>
<p>In my twenties, I spent the entire decade investing in the next get rich quick scheme, buying the latest Armani jeans and trying to keep with all the latest trends. I had to, what would my friends think of me otherwise? Sometimes it was like an adrenaline shot straight to the heart when I was the first to buy a trendy item, "look at me, aren't I fantastic?!" -- in my eyes this is what the world is geared towards, or the western side anyway; the mass hysteria when it comes to the new rage products. I watch black Friday sales and the fucking craziness is beyond me. It's taken a hold in the UK too, I don't get it. I did do, though. We are sold a constant lie that we aren't whole without x, y, or z. Marketers are very savvy when it comes to selling, they find a problem and match a product that fixes it.</p>
<p>Perhaps though, most of us don't need fixing? What if I told you that you are fine the way that you are?</p>
<p>Seems like something I had cooked up through my time in the psych ward, right? Mindless blood red scribbles etched in stone walls through tired and weary hands, something no sane person would think up anyway. Maybe you are though; maybe you are just fine the way you are. Have you ever thought about that? If I had told myself this perhaps 15 years ago I'd have laughed myself out of the room. I needed 'stuff' to make me happy, yet, I look back and think I was absolutely fucking stupid. As a 20-year old my body was slim and toned; I was a good looker for my age and had my fair pick of the ladies. I was a nice man, I didn't look for trouble, and despite my faults I had a fairly good outlook on life. Essentially, I had it all for the taking, but I couldn't see any of that, I was too obsessed over who said what to whom about me.</p>
<p>I don't obsess about the past though, it's another mistake we make as humans. I see men taking women 15 years younger than them to rekindle a part of life that they feel was lost to them, and also 50-year-old women still dressing as if they were 21 and living through their daughters -- I'm not saying this is wrong but I know if they were happy inside they wouldn't do any of that. I am who I am today because of my past. I wouldn't be a tenth as smart as I am now if I hadn't lived to see some scary shit.</p>
<p>Yet I wonder, perhaps if we concentrated more on ourselves, then what others say and think wouldn't matter too much to us? You could buy 20 cars and be the richest person in the world, but no matter how many cars you buy, houses you own, new jeans you wear, bitcoin you own, you'll never be able to escape that cold, dead feeling inside unless you work on it. Once you begin to work on yourself then you begin to realise that actually, you aren't that bad a person after all, and maybe, one day, you'll even start to love yourself. Then, mountains will move for you, not the other way around.</p>
<p>Change starts from within.</p>
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