What's your story?

it has been following me this time lately, the importance of our own story and the power of it really. 

i guess we could get lost in an ocean and feel just a little fish in the vast sea, that we tend to think that we don't matter and that everybody else is more important but our story, our own struggles, our inner voice is what makes us unique and beautiful. 

why do we clamour so much on uniqueness? i mean i think in a new world, it's not anymore to look the same as we see on TV or social media but be our own selves. and to be our own selves, to really know who we are takes time and work.

i just realized that i am a person of contradiction, like i could say things now as my verdict but later i could change my mind. (forgive me..) but one thing i care deeply about are people, my family and friends and humanity. it's like they say, i wish for world peace. it's so true though! why not?

it's in the struggle that we find ourselves. it took me years to realize that you wouldn't know yourself without challenges and contradictions and low moments in life. i thought i had a set of values at hand, that this is what i wanted but then there is change, inevitable. and you change, and then your wants and values change. 

but going back to our story and the power it holds, a businessman who talked during an event in Cagayan de Oro shared that our story determines our value. people who buy things do not buy for just an item but they also buy the story, where it comes from, the makers of the item and the story. people and things are more interesting if they had a story behind them. right?

people want to know the real you, but the question is do you like the real you? are you being honest with yourself with who you are and what you want to do in this world?

As the quote say, "It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not."

anyway, what is your story and are you proud of it? 

--jam--