Who the fuck do I think I am?!
I’m not perfect so why do I feel so inclined to be disappointed and lash out at those I feel are not meeting their potential. I’m too indecisive yet very impulsive and still make mistakes with either method. However when a loved one makes a mistake I find myself entitled to be disappointed as if I’m a judge.
I look down on their mistakes forgetting that I too can be looked down upon because this world is a globe that’s constantly rotating. So you can be up or down at any moment.
This mentality this thought process is what’s called a fixed mindset. A fixed mindset believes that we are as smart as we innately can be. The most ironic thing is that intelligence is actually grown through mistakes, conflict and practice. Brilliance radiates thru pressure. This is called a growth mindset. We are not only our successes but our mistakes as well. You can never really understand and appreciate success without the journey of failing. It is our mistakes that truly define who we are.
So who the fuck do I thinki am? To wander through this world as if I am some infallible human being when one has never existed.
It is human to strive for perfection but it is damaging and destructive to believe that you are incapable or not allowed to make mistakes. This doesn’t mean one should continuously make the same mistakes however you should leave a little grace for yourself and others to make mistakes. We love a good comeback story, the redemption of an individual because it speaks to our inner demons. It is also our inner demons that makes us suspicious of human beings that appear perfect. Some of us have inner demons that hate to see someone that seems to never make mistakes. They secretly hope to see that individual fall from the pedestal that the individual never asked to be on in the first place.
Yoruba Demons 