Ageing!

How many people today are trying to fight back age? How far will cosmetic surgeries grow? Why is everyone around competing against nature, trying to fight against the strongest aspect of life … Time? Are we logic in what we demand? Are we rationally thinking about life? .. or is it just … a simple .. Greed?!

With hundreds of thousands of people around the world preaching about authenticity and self-confidence, the majority of them are actually running after being cosmetic! How schizophrenic is that? …

The search for “more” is a human nature and there is no blame on people who run behind more money, more power, more beauty, more attractiveness …etc, but can’t they stop preaching about “Authenticity” please?

One of the frequent challenges that we all face today is that we have to deal with a lot of people who are genuinely fake! Preaching about something and practicing something completely different .. Appearing as someone and from deep inside they are very different people, and unfortunately we don’t discover this until we experience the pain of mistrust, betrayal, or ignorance …. But where does this come from? and how can we survive the challenge?

The key reason for people today living two different lives is that the majority of people in the world are forward thinkers rather than backward thinkers .. What does that mean? .. For example we all think of why we should do something, and try to justify this to ourselves and our surroundings, neglecting the reflective approach of why we should not do it .. So we end up surrendering ourselves to our own lusts and needs, and this keeps the “Greed” accelerator pressed to the highest possible speed, without any backward force stopping it …

“We need More, and we need it Now !” Isn’t that the case with the majority of people? But what price are you going to pay for the “More” and for the “Speed” you want it in? .. We will find all the reasons in the world to buy something, or get something done, but how frequent do we ask ourselves why we don’t need something?

So it is the reflective thinking then … more reflection and internal peace is needed .. More learning from the past rather than trying to live it again .. or trying to live a life that is fake!

I opened my old album, and learned so much from those old pictures …

I learned that it was much easier when I had parents to take care of me, and I didn’t have to worry because there was a strong man who will get everything solved, and a great lady who will provide unconditional love every time and all the time, and I also learned that they will not be there forever, and good moments will not last ..

I learned that old friends are gold, and we had great memories together, but no matter how close we were, we will not stay forever as close as we were, and we need to live different lives than the ones we had years ago ..

I learned that people will gossip, and they will listen to gossip and believe it, despite it is absolutely fake, but it is just the fact that people enjoy it .. that silent whisper that destroys friendship, families and work relationships .. I learned that I can’t stop it, and I shouldn’t even bother about it ..

I learned that there are amazing people in the world, people I never had in my album, and they never had pictures with me .. nothing that I keep physically, but they just simply came into my life like angels, and made great differences to my life ..

I learned that I will go one day, like all my memories have gone .. and I will be a picture in someone’s album, exactly like the ones I have for those who have passed away, and there is nothing I can do to stop it ..

I learned that cosmetic looks and feelings don’t last, and so does my life .. so what’s the point of trying to be someone else?

Live, laugh, cry, run, fall … What’s the problem? As long as you remain authentic .. Don’t fight age, don’t fight time .. surf the age, and surf the time, and do what you love most .. Nothing will stay the same .. Just be you at this specific moment .. and enjoy..

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Engagement Expert, International Speaker & Pragmatic researcher