and what happens when you don’t?
Dear Authentic Introvert,
There is so much in life that is handed to us by chance, and we don’t have much say in it.
You and I can whine as much as we want to but can’t really change them.
Like the household or the country we were born in, the way we were raised and the temperament we inherited (studies show it’s 40-50% of our personalities).
However, some gracefully embrace what they have and make the best of it.
The problem arises when you start comparing your privileges with those of your peers or sometimes your own parents (I don’t blame you, I’m sure they’ve done the same on occasion).
You could be making some valid points there, but you can’t change them regardless.
If you start attributing all your challenges to what you can’t control like your inheritance and upbringing, you lose the motivation to do anything about it.
I don’t need to tell you from what background Abraham Lincoln came from or what the victims of the Holocaust went through with absolutely no fault of theirs, but you get my point.
Everybody is handed their own set of privileges or the lack of them but it’s up to you what you make of it.
You can either spend your lives blaming your genetics or come out victorious and live to tell your story of how despite your genetics, you became who you are.
The latter sounds much better, doesn’t it?
Key Takeaway:
Life hands us circumstances by chance, but it’s our choice to either blame them or rise above and create our own story.
Genetically mutated,
Sachin Sharma
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