Fantastic Fifteen #6

Hello happy people! :)

Time goes by so fast. I feel like I've been writing quotes one after the other. Today's quote is about something we all are acquainted with ever since primary school. Gossip, peer pressure and all that negative energy one can receive or, if not careful, can give out to his surroundings.

NUMBER SIX :

"Great Minds discuss Ideas; Average Minds discuss Events; Small Minds discuss People."

~ Eleanor Roosevelt.

In this day and age, it is inevitable to be talked about. Very rare are the ones who were lucky enough to be spot free of their surroundings gossips. Then again, very rare are the ones who genuinely never gossiped in their lives, no matter how small the subject could have been. As a girl, and us girls we know we love our gossips, I plead guilty to not only being the subject of some rumours and talks around high school but unfortunately, I also plead guilty of giving in into gossiping about my surroundings.

There's two reasons I can think of right now for as why someone would gossip.

Number 1 would be because they just can't help it. Even though they mean no harm, they just cannot keep anything to themselves.

Number 2 would be those small minded people who actually need to gossip to put people they know down. And that's even worse.

I have learnt that no matter how patient you try to be or no matter how resilient or relax you try to be, that won't stop people from talking behind your back. There has been several times where I tried to cooperate with some girl friends of mine in my past, or yet again with my own family. I tried to act like a perfect friend or daughter, but somehow, they always had something bad to say. I am not gonna lie, it gets very demeaning and discouraging.

But I soon realized that I am committing myself to the wrong people. I am devoting efforts in the wrong relationships. If a bond was genuine and pure, may it be one between you and your best friend, you and your sibling, you and your parent, they would not feel the need to denigrate you and treating you bad by spreading bad vibes around you. Thus, I found myself gradually detaching from some people who were not worth being in my life. I don't need that kind of aura and energy around me, nor that kind of mindset and lack of maturity.

Live like no one is watching. Live for yourself. Live without the fear of "what would others think?" That little worm thought in your head is as deadly as cancer. Slowly crawling into your health and gradually becoming lethal. Once I finally stepped out of that bubble, I did not act upon what others might think. I acted either because that's how I wished to act or because I know it is the right thing to do. As a little sprite full of inspiration, I have no time to waste on bad energy and gossips. Liberating myself from this plague created by society, I found myself having more time to devote to my hobbies, my art and my dreams. If my mind was always tired and if I let my surroundings put me down, I probably would never have opened that blog.

So if you are guilty of a small mind, free yourself and embrace an average mind. With an average mind, start by organizing and planning great events - who knows it'd be great if it were charitable ones. Once that step is taken, try to promote yourself to a greater mind and get inspired. Browse ideas.

For me, it resulted from small things to art pieces, volunteering, focusing on my job because I love it so much and finally this blog.

So get out there, plan your life, shut out those people talking poop talks and get inspired.

Once you're out of that world, your girl out here will welcome you arms wide open and we can browse ideas altogether.

For now, I wish you all peace gossips and peer pressure.

Be you. Be original. To hell of what others think.

xoxo