The title is taken from one of my favourites scenes in One Piece, when Roger meets Oden. Well, there are so many scenes that I could call favourites that such a n appellation is vague at best.
Anyway, I wanted to talk about yesterday. When we look back at ourselves, we have to do so with fairness. For a long time, I always judged myself too harshly. I realized that when I had a fantasy where I had One Piece characters level of power, and when I destroyed a building with a single kick, I decided that the reason the building fell apart was because of poor construction. In other words, I had gone too far in how harshly I looked at myself.
In light of that, what do we make of yesterday? First, I'll briefly tell what happened after the previous blog: I lied exactly zero times. It was never necessary to lie or to deceive or anything, and I'm happy I didn't. It was a gamble, but I won it, and if future situations like that one arose, I'll gamble again and bet on other people's kindness. However, not all went well. Basically, I learned that when given enough time, you are capable of overcoming your doubts. When you aren't, well, you can guess. You are still scared of making a fool of yourself, you're still scared of falling flat on your face in front of others. It's a natural fear, it's normal, I know, but I want you to grow into someone who doesn't care about that. It requires a serious amount of strength and courage to do that, but once you do it, that strength will be yours. It's a big wall to break, but like all of these other emotional walls, it's made of glass. One strong action is enough to break it.
In any case, you didn't do badly yesterday. Keep it up, okay? See ya
Anyway, I wanted to talk about yesterday. When we look back at ourselves, we have to do so with fairness. For a long time, I always judged myself too harshly. I realized that when I had a fantasy where I had One Piece characters level of power, and when I destroyed a building with a single kick, I decided that the reason the building fell apart was because of poor construction. In other words, I had gone too far in how harshly I looked at myself.
In light of that, what do we make of yesterday? First, I'll briefly tell what happened after the previous blog: I lied exactly zero times. It was never necessary to lie or to deceive or anything, and I'm happy I didn't. It was a gamble, but I won it, and if future situations like that one arose, I'll gamble again and bet on other people's kindness. However, not all went well. Basically, I learned that when given enough time, you are capable of overcoming your doubts. When you aren't, well, you can guess. You are still scared of making a fool of yourself, you're still scared of falling flat on your face in front of others. It's a natural fear, it's normal, I know, but I want you to grow into someone who doesn't care about that. It requires a serious amount of strength and courage to do that, but once you do it, that strength will be yours. It's a big wall to break, but like all of these other emotional walls, it's made of glass. One strong action is enough to break it.
In any case, you didn't do badly yesterday. Keep it up, okay? See ya