Discover You

"Discover You" is all about knowing who you are. I like to think that self discovery is proportional  to growth. It involves having a mind of your own and having certain principles that make you stand out. People often say self discovery comes with age but what's the use of age without experience?
Sometimes we don't get the best for ourselves because we try to get what others are getting for themselves. We often make the mistake of trying to talk, live, and be like others forgetting that there's nothing as easy as being yourself because all you do will come to you naturally. This is why each individual is unique and abandoning your uniqueness is great injustice to yourself.

Discovering oneself is not the easiest of things. Sometimes it requires you to go through tough situations....sometimes you will have terrible encounters. On the journey to self discovery you may lose friends, positions once occupied and you may even feel like you've wasted years. Whatever the case may be, once you have discovered who you are you become happier, focused, fulfilled and above all, a better person.

A very close friend used to say "know ya sef...e no be crime" (know yourself...it is not a crime). We usually laughed whenever she said it. over time I understood the gravity of that statement. You cannot be apologetic for who you are. You can't apologise for standing for what you believe in, you should't be sorry for living by your principles and above all you owe no one an explanation for being you and expressing it as long as its acceptable in the eyes of God.

Have you ever wondered why certain people are stereotyped and others are classified as unique...exceptional....

We are flowers quickly fading...here today and gone tomorrow. Be yourself and enjoy every bit of it.

Loretta Okpuno