There's a lot of ideas that came from a philosopher or even a singer. Though some people only read the ideas for widening their insight, there are also people who got influenced by that. Moreover, it can lead to how people would live their life. I've read some philosophies from philosophers which I found interesting. One of my favorite philosophers is Friedrich Nietzsche, a german philosopher. His idea which blows my mind is "To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering". I've written an article about it. But, that's not the idea that never leaves my mind. Sometimes, I found that some ideas can't be applied in every situation. So, which one always manifests in my mind?
Love Yourself
This idea is simple yet so hard to reach. No, is not about being a narcissist or self-centered. This idea is simply to show you how to appreciate the life you live. We aren't manifesting just one side of our character. We, at least, have two sides of ourselves. Jung, a philosophist, has his theory that self is constructed with persona, shadow, ego, and anima. Persona is the character we display in public and shadow is somehow the character we denied. So basically, we wear a mask called persona in public, and shadow is the thing we never want someone to know. Someone may talk a lot in public but being so silent on some occasions. Someone may look so though yet fragile too. Someone may look arrogant yet also has low self-esteem. So which one is ourselves? Should we feel ashamed of our dark side? The self is everything we have manifested, whether it is the persona or shadow. Of course, no one would always stand for us. As I said before, we hide our shadow because we don't want to betray someone's expectation of us. We would overthink that it might lead someone to hate us if they see our shadow, and of course, they will, or at least they will look at us differently. It makes us feel burdened, who else will love ourselves if it's not you yourself. The key to having a peaceful life is to accept that we always have a flaw, we indeed are not perfect and we are not forced to be. Our shadow, our persona, sum up to our personalities. We should know that and not feel ashamed about it, because who will accept it then? No one! What I can learn from this idea is we have to deal with many sides of our character. It's okay to show a different self depends on who and what situation we are in. We have flaws, we have strength, sometimes we show the flaws, and sometimes the strength. The problem is when we overthink that someone might hate us and we can't enjoy the life we live in. It's okay to show your good sides, and it's okay too to take a rest as long as we don't harm our surroundings. In conclusion, we should love ourselves by accepting our flaws, accepting our different sides, so we can achieve serenity in life.
