Light bulb moment

Oprah has brought the phrase "light bulb moment" into millions of homes. Having a 'light bulb' moment basically means, something goes off in your mind that makes you think "oh ok, I get it now". People with backgrounds in psychology can easily understand this concept. Two days ago, for no particular reason I had a light bulb moment. Life for what it's worth isn't supposed to be this oppressing defeated journey in which we drudge through in hopes for peace 'on the other side'. I think many of us; too many of us at that, live our lives with the mentality of this is hell on Earth, we'll only be happy in the great by and by. Complete foolishness!!! I've thought some of those things to myself over the years, more so when I would be down about something going on in my life. I'm 23 years old, life hasn't been easy for me at all. In fact most of my life has been a battle. But so has life for a good deal of the rest of the world. We all have daily battles, it's not just resigned to fall on one pitiful little soul. I've battled with myself, family, society, friends, etc. How can I possibly make everyone happy??? Now I see that's the million dollar question we feel obligated to build our lives around from the day we're born. Easy answer: YOU CAN'T MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY WITH YOU...GIVE IT UP! The older I've gotten the more I've come to understand the realization of freedom, and the importance of it. Allow people to be who they are.

Because of my chaotic background I've always possessed a certain level of independence. I've always had a select few people whom I highly value their opinion and acceptance of me. Now over the months of 2008 I've become one with myself and the general thought process about accepting my God given freedom and it feels GREAT! This weekend I had some photos taken of me, and as I was being directed to do poses, I harbored thoughts in the back of my head about what would certain people think. Though all the photos & poses were nothing to be ashamed of, innocent photos really. I was even intimidated by some of the onlookers who stopped to observe, as the photos were being shot in public. Randomly, another light bulb moment hit me: WHAT DOES IT MATTER WHAT THEY THINK ANYWAY??? Do the photos, exude the confidence of a King son, we're each entitled to believe that we're capable doing whatever our heart desires. We're all different for all sorts of reasons, live with it :)