I cannot make people smarter…

I don’t have a super power to make people smart, or make them grow, or make anyone do anything if I am honest. I have the power to do all those things for myself.  I can grow and become a stronger person.  I can show that to the world, and maybe fulfill my goal since childhood – to be an inspiration to someone. Any one person.

But that’s not certain; I cannot guarantee I will inspire. The only certainty you get is you are born and you will die.  What you get in between is not up to you, in most cases.  The sooner you understand this in life, the better off you’ll be.  

Here’s a real kicker though… learning it once is not enough. You learn this same damned lesson over and over, if you’re lucky enough to. Or you ignore it and try to make things kowtow to you.  Find a guarantee, wait for something sure.  (Godot, is that you?) That won’t work and won’t teach you much beyond how to fail.  Mind you, failing is not a lesson to disregard, but it’s painful and hard to do, too and most people don’t use it as a lesson.

When you start to see that things, people, dogs (!!) don’t bow to your will you’re a bit lighter.  The way to inform the world about what you really need is to give that to the world. Yep.  Complicatedly simple, right?  Not if you don’t know what you need, there is work to be done to get to that simple point.

So what does that mean in practice?  To me, today it means I give my love to my husband.  Show him what I have and see what he responds with.  Will it be in kind?  Will he simply take?  I don’t control that, there’s no certainty. What I can be certain about is me, my actions and what that can teach me.