The most important invention in your lifetime is…
Obviously, the prompt implies scientific inventions – gizmos and gadgets. But what about self-invention ?
At the fag end of my life I have come to inventing myself – that I have OCD, am socially awkward with strangers (given to panic attacks), am sub-zero when it comes to public speaking (I go blank) and driving is a skill I am simply not genetically attuned to.
I guess my fetish for cleanliness (runs in the family) has graduated into compulsive obsessions. Whether it has completely chucked me out of ‘order’ I have yet to figure.
Considering I once contemplated making the stage my career, the total lack of confidence facing the public comes as utter relief – thank God that never happened!! What a massacre it would have been !!!
Driving with a wandering mind? It’s always the light pole that dashed in my way. I was strictly going by the rule book, you see. 😄😄
Fear of strangers ? Well I had an inkling of that early in life. It has just increased in propensity with passage of time.
Nowadays “reinventing” oneself has become quite a fad. But my theory is just the opposite. Why should I?
Isn’t it enough that I know myself now fully well and don’t have to make any excuses for it. That I have accepted myself without any regrets. And again thank God the groundbreaking invention happened in my last inning when I don’t have to prove anything to anybody?
So, I rest happy with my flawed persona absolutely precluding the possibility of any coercive (sorry corrective) measures to put things straight.
And yep! Before revolving out of orbit I consider this as the most important invention having the solemnest impact on me.
Never mind if it’s taken a lifetime.
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So honest and beautifully natural.
Turning “invention” into self-understanding is truly profound.
There’s great peace in accepting oneself without excuses.
The humour makes it even more relatable and human.
A lifetime well spent arriving here. 🌿
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Thank you very much Mahananda. I guess it’s a lifetime’s task. Discovering the self.
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100% right. We take a lifetime to know ourselves so why change ourselves now.
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Absolutely 💯😁
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😍😍😍
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💙🌷💙
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That is so important ❤️
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Thanks Esther. It is.
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Acceptance is key to development
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Agree. Thank you so much Derrrick 🙏🙏
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Yes, lets enjoy life as it comes. A wonderful post and the song.
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Thank you very much Rupali
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This is beautiful
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enjoy every moment of your life, weather good or bad.
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Some of the things that hold us back are actually ‘easy-peasy’ like that, and I’ve come to the realisation that:
‘Just Do It’
Simple as a b c !
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Yes, that ‘just do it’ is the right mantra.
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Inventing yourself whenever that happens is a very good thing! We should all do it in style!
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Thank you Carol. You are right.
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