Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind -Bernard M. Baruch
We all are born with different qualities and possess our own strength and weakness different from other which makes us unique and this uniqueness is boon for us. But what we see in society that people easily get influenced by other and try to copy them and lost their identity which leads to stress and depression in them. Every person has his own story, struggle of life and without knowing it other people compare themselves and their life with them and try to live a life which not belongs to them and this results to many psychological issues among our generation like the fear of failure in life, fear of shame of not able to do something, guilt etc and it causes unhappiness in life.
We must understand that we should respect ourselves and our identity and in spite of comparing our life or situation with others we must enjoy the way we are and be proud of it and develop our qualities by being yourself.
Let us understand this by a short story. Once upon a time there lived a king who had a big and beautiful garden full of trees and plants. One day he came to his garden and saw withering and dying trees, bushes and flowers. An oak said it dies because it can’t be as high as a pine. A pine tree was falling down because it could not give grapes like a grapevine.
Meanwhile the grapevine was dying because it couldn’t blossom like a rose. But soon the King found a single plant, pleasing heart, bloomy and fresh. The king asked the plant- why all the trees and flowers here are withering, and it is flourishing? the plant replied that it comes naturally. You have planted me, because it was Your wish and Your choice. If you would like to grow an oak, grapes or rose, you would plant them. And I cannot be anything else than what I am. So, I try to develop my best qualities. This story gives us the message that – “The prettiest thing a person can be is being yourself”.
In this new year 2023, our new year resolution must be Yourself and live our life with dignity. Someone said very well that – “I would rather be alone with dignity than in a relationship that requires me to sacrifice my self-respect.”
PhD in Business Administration, qualified UGC NET/JRF in Management and NET in Commerce, MBA Specialized in Finance and International Business, M.Com, Dr Prashant Kumar has been in the field of education since 2016. His research papers got published in various reputed journals and books. He has presented research papers in different national and international conferences and seminars. Also participated in research methodology workshops and faculty development programmes.