Identifying Yourself

I often wonder what it is that makes us different from others? Why is it that some like pink and some like blue? Why is it that some prefer eating Chinese food while some prefer eating Italian food? These are simply characteristics we have identified for ourselves. These are just a few things that make us different from others but what we fail to see is a bigger picture involved.

No matter who you are or where you come from, there is always something about you that sets you apart from the others. It’s a talent that solely belongs to you and the only underlying issue to this talent is your failure to identify it. Whether it is painting, dancing, writing or even understanding how the stock market works, we all have this one characteristic that we can capitalize on. You only need to recognize it and work towards enhancing it.

So, what is it that stops you from doing so?

May be, you are trying to find yourself in somebody else. You might look at somebody successful at architecture and think, ‘Hey! May be, I can do that too!’ or you look at some people doing exceptionally well in a discipline and think, ‘whoever gets into this field is brilliant! I could earn some bucks here too!’ But the bitter truth is, it doesn’t work that way because there is something that only YOU have that somebody else doesn’t and you will only be excellent at that.

It could also be possible that you are so engrossed in being somebody you aren’t because that is expected of you that you forget your own abilities! You choose not to do what you want because it’s not acceptable to others and that is truly the moment when you fail. You disappoint yourself and that is what leads to unhappiness.

There are a hundred reasons why you are unable to find the faculty that you are outstanding in and the prevalent one remains that you don’t want to.

So, give yourself a chance because you deserve it. There is a reason why the successful ones are where they are. They are the ones who set themselves apart from others. You have that chance too, only if you allow yourself to find it.