“Perception”

Your perception of me should be none of my business, but someone has chosen to bring it to my attention. What is that person's motivation for doing this? Time will tell.

Specific individuals have referred to me as being "spoiled." What is my response to their opinion? Their opinion about my life is irrelevant. That is only their perception from their limited perspective. It does not define me in any way, shape, or form. They don't even know what they are looking at.

Is it perhaps that these individuals have a different outcome in their lives due to making different life choices than I did? Of course. But still, in their lives, they see me from their point of view in vehement disapproval. Once again, I don't care.

These people are grown adults capable of making changes to their own lives that would affect their lives to have a different outcome at any given moment if they were to take action to make a difference.

But perhaps the difference in our lives is based on who we are. They look at my life from their perception of what it's like to live a day in my shoes, but they have no idea what that's like.

I'm not intentionally throwing shade at anyone for how their lives turned out. But hear this “Stay in your own damn lane!

You have no idea who I am, who I've been, or how I became the person I am today. You don’t know me; you only know what I’ve allowed you to see. Your approval is not required. If you don't like what you see, move along and take your unsolicited opinions about me with you.

Chances are pretty good that what you disapprove of in me and how I live my life is misplaced resentment you hold towards yourself for lacking the courage to live as freely as I live mine. You lack the courage to step out of the mold, disappoint others, commit a sin against the rules of your god, be the black sheep, the one cast out, and you are afraid to be YOU.

Do you even know who you are? I seriously doubt it. I'm pretty sure you're afraid to even reflect on it, as it would reveal a life of betrayal and disconnection from yourself.

I have already been cast out; it is the best thing anyone has ever done for me. And that was to give me no hope of ever being good enough for them (including their god), so I now only concern myself with being good enough for ME because you taught me long ago that I will never be good enough for you, which suits me just fine.

Think on this as you sit in harsh judgment of me and everything I do. Your nose is on your face because it belongs there and NOT in MY business, and it would suit you well to make any necessary adjustments to stay in your own damn lane, lest you want to get run over.

I'm not here to meet your approval. You're wasting more of your valuable time and energy to no avail. At the end of the day, I will be making the most of my life and not wasting time wondering whether or not you approve of how I'm living MY LIFE.

Get a life, make a life worth living, or not. It makes no difference to me.

Let's get something straight: I'm an alchemist, I'm not "spoiled," I have survived things you have no idea and are none of your business. I have made the best of myself and my time on this planet. As I always will.

I suggest you do the same.”

All Rights Reserved - Lynne Taylor / AutumnWolfPublishing 2024.