Thanks to the blog swap, today we have Mimi of The Mimi Project joining the party at Fiveblondes. Check out The Mimi Project for a post from yours truly!
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Someone asked me something the other day that I knew was true but chose to say no.
They asked about something that I’ve been passionate about for a long time. It was when they asked me that I kind of realized it’s something that I had pushed aside, to pick up later, only to get swamped with so much else that I completely forgot. Or maybe gave up on.
If you live in a world like mine, and by that I mean THIS WORLD, then there are all these pressures to conform and pressures not conform. No matter what the age, these pressures hit us as some point in our lives.
Sometimes, we find that we lose ourselves, our identities to things like
what others
- think of us.
- expect of us
- dream or want for us
or
to fear
- of failure
- of not fulfilling expectations
- of dreaming, dreaming big
- of not fitting in
In as much as we may not want to conform, sometimes, it may become a necessity, like when we do not want to hurt or disappoint those that are dear to us.
So where to strike the balance between conforming and not giving in to the pressure, facing reality and fighting for our passions, living for the moment and still think about how our future will be affected by the consequences of our actions.
All this does not explain why I lied. That, I’m still trying to figure out.
Have you ever lied about something you know you are passionate about?
What make you feel like you’ve lost the person that you used to be?
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I’m sorry it took so long. here’s the post
http://06mickey.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/its-here/
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Mimi´s last blog ..It’s here!!
I’m not sure about lying about something I’m passionate about, but I know that right now I’m not sure if the person I know myself to be is the same person that I am right now… Maybe you lied because you just didn’t feel like getting into a debate. Sometimes, it’s as fleeting and (for lack of a better word) lazy as that.
fragileheart´s last blog ..It hasn’t left
I love the post!
I was thinking about it last night as I went to bed. I HAVE lied before about something I was passionate about. It was a long time ago, and I did it because I wasn’t as comfortable with myself as I am now. I had to learn to own and embrace all aspects of me and what makes me who I am.
I have changed a lot in the past 5 years, but I wouldn’t call it losing the person I used to be. I would call is evolving and growing. Shedding my exoskeleton, preparing to take flight (corny, I know). There are days when I DO feel as though I have lost myself, but deep indise I know the changes are for the better.
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