Self discovery, self love : the keys to complete happiness
By: Coorey Robinson
Issue date: 11/17/08 Section: Opinion
So here's my theory. Love is smarter than man. Love knows when and where to find people, and it knows whether or not to leave them alone.
The most powerful tool any man can posses is self love, not the overbearing narcissist kind, but the empowering self-sufficient kind.
For years of my life I can remember the stories, from countless sources, which pumped me full of the belief that true love completes you. The Disney fairy tales led me to believe that life will never have a happily ever after until you find that special someone. I realize now that in reality, especially my reality, that this theory is a total joke.
I've learned that my first loyalty is to myself. It's good to have other people make you happy, there's nothing wrong with that, but to be fully self-aware of what true happiness is, you have to make yourself satisfied to achieve that state of mind.
My new goal in life is to make myself happy. I'm learning to discern wants from needs and to push myself to where I'm supposed to be in my destiny. What safer place is there than to be in the right place at the right time? I believe that love…true love…understands this concept, and only when someone has gotten them self prepared can they accept the brutal force of love in all its ups and downs.
Like many people before our time, and many like us now, there are times when we let insecurities get the best of us, and we let other outside elements influence our self worth. That's a dangerous thing to let happen, because it can and will tamper with the love people have for themselves. I know first hand, because it's played a huge role in my dark times.
That's why we all need to try and perfect the love for ourselves. Once we have done that, nobody can take it away from us.
And once the world sees how strong you are, maybe the right person will, who knows, "pop up." But even if that never happens, you still can love yourself, and as long as you have that, you'll be okay.
It's hazardous to one's health be dependent on others for happiness. It's freeing to know that when disappointments come, or you're let down, you only have yourself to blame.
From now on, I just wish for the wisdom and power over myself to not fall into the false realities of life and have high hopes for things that will never happen.
Coorey Robinson is a junior from Liberty majoring in journalism.
The most powerful tool any man can posses is self love, not the overbearing narcissist kind, but the empowering self-sufficient kind.
For years of my life I can remember the stories, from countless sources, which pumped me full of the belief that true love completes you. The Disney fairy tales led me to believe that life will never have a happily ever after until you find that special someone. I realize now that in reality, especially my reality, that this theory is a total joke.
I've learned that my first loyalty is to myself. It's good to have other people make you happy, there's nothing wrong with that, but to be fully self-aware of what true happiness is, you have to make yourself satisfied to achieve that state of mind.
My new goal in life is to make myself happy. I'm learning to discern wants from needs and to push myself to where I'm supposed to be in my destiny. What safer place is there than to be in the right place at the right time? I believe that love…true love…understands this concept, and only when someone has gotten them self prepared can they accept the brutal force of love in all its ups and downs.
Like many people before our time, and many like us now, there are times when we let insecurities get the best of us, and we let other outside elements influence our self worth. That's a dangerous thing to let happen, because it can and will tamper with the love people have for themselves. I know first hand, because it's played a huge role in my dark times.
That's why we all need to try and perfect the love for ourselves. Once we have done that, nobody can take it away from us.
And once the world sees how strong you are, maybe the right person will, who knows, "pop up." But even if that never happens, you still can love yourself, and as long as you have that, you'll be okay.
It's hazardous to one's health be dependent on others for happiness. It's freeing to know that when disappointments come, or you're let down, you only have yourself to blame.
From now on, I just wish for the wisdom and power over myself to not fall into the false realities of life and have high hopes for things that will never happen.
Coorey Robinson is a junior from Liberty majoring in journalism.
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raidz
posted 11/18/08 @ 10:28 PM CST
how selflessness has brought me happiness!
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