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In Russia, my social circle was
limited to work colleagues, parents of my children’s classmates, 2-3
girlfriends.
While living in the USA, I met some
extraordinary (compared to me) people.
Just for example, a few of them:
-MD, Ph D, associate professor,
together with her sister, the owner of an eye clinic in Batumi, Georgia, the
former Russian Republic.
-A former office employee and English
teacher speaks 6 languages, retired to take care of a bedridden mother. There is
no place for problems in her life, she treats them as challenges and overcomes
them. I need to learn that from her, really.
-In Russia, Professor of English, here
a well-educated marketer, program manager, speaker of a forum of 3,000 people,
teaches marketing tools.
-Highly qualified specialist in
networking, head of non-profit organizations, specialist in community
engagement and volunteer recruitment, fund development, public speaker and so
on.
In addition to everything, they are
all very good drivers…. is it something about driving that makes them
so good/special/skilled? Most definitely)))
And here I am…
I have two college degrees that I
can’t use.
I work in a library, but I’m not a
librarian, just a librarian’s assistant.
I have several social media accounts,
but I don’t even have 500 followers, which means I’m not good at it.
I do like making things, but I don’t
get any profit from it.
From time to time, one thought comes
to my mind: Why do these smart women communicate with me?
There is a Russian TV series
Kamenskaya. The main character of the series, Lieutenant Colonel Kamenskaya,
says that she is a genius because she chose a right husband.
Me too! I chose the right husband.
Although in reality, he chose me.
But anyway, my husband sent me a link
to an interesting article.
A psychology expert in Finland says
what they don’t do in order to be happy. Here is the link to the whole article.
I will quote the Happiness tip #1:
“focus more on what makes you happy and less on looking successful. The first
step to true happiness is to set your own standards, instead of comparing
yourself to the others”.
So instead of asking myself difficult
questions I should stop comparing and just enjoy communicating with all my new
friends.
People come
into our lives, stay there for a while, give us new experiences, share their
life stories, motivate us to move on, teach us new skills, and then leave. Some
of them stay in touch, others don’t, but they may remember us. And I hope these
memories make them smile.
Yes, I should be open to meet new
(extraordinary and not so) people, and just be happy if…if I ever get used to
the tip # 1.
What about you? Are you comparing
yourself to others or are you confident enough in yourself?
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