Do you ever catch people looking at you with pity? They might never say it to your face, but you can see it in their eyes or the way they talk to you. Whatever you do, they will always look at you, knowing that you will never make it in life. Do they think that they are better than you? Not necessarily. But they for sure think that you are not better than many others. For some reason, they have this very underwhelming idea about you. The kind that makes them underestimate you. In their opinion, you will never amount to much in life.

It seems we’re always searching for answers. Do we find the right answers? More importantly, when we do, are we happy with them? The truth is, happiness comes from within - the situation you’re in won’t matter as long as you’re happy with it.

There comes a point in our lives where we pretend to like something or do something just because someone else is also doing it. That someone else may be your peer. Peers are people that are of equal standing. A peer group is one where all the people present may have the same interests, background, or age. Your peers can be of the same or different race, gender, and social status.

We often get inside our own heads too deeply and start believing that we’re the worst person in the world. This happens when we make a mistake, and in addition to owning up to it, we judge ourselves too hard – thinking about how awful we are for committing such a blunder.

When we are alone with our thoughts, we often go to a place that brings us insecurity and doubt. To top that, we develop a certain image of ourselves. An image that paints us in a rather negative light. We start believing that we are below average, sometimes even worse than that.

Having ambitions is what sets you apart from everybody else. It does not necessarily make you better; but for sure, it does not make you worse. It just makes you different. And if you must know, different is good. Listening to what your voice is telling you to do can be a little difficult. More so, when there are so many other voices in the background, each putting a different label on you.

I’m not gonna sugar it, life can indeed chew us up and spit us out at times.

Breakups, loss of jobs, loss of career, the list goes on. It’s our humanness, in these situations, that leaves us feeling confused and lost.

When it comes to creating the life you desire, it’s easy to get swept in the overwhelm of all the people who’ve made it. You look at them, you admire them, and among all things, you get discouraged. Often the discouragement comes from your belief in something you “lack.” Money, resources, support, intelligence, creativity, fame, the list goes on — perpetuating the idea of why you “can’t do it.”

Change is inevitable. The quicker you realize this; the easier life will become for you. Going through change is like trying out a new restaurant. You might love the food or completely hate it. Either way, it’s a process that you have to pass by in order to make a decision; and it will leave you wiser.

In today’s society, we’ve come to fear failure. Not only do we fear it, but we also strive to avoid it, hide from it, and worse of all, beat ourselves up over it. We’ve developed such a negative relationship with it, that it often keeps us from starting something at all.

If you, at times, think you are not good enough, do not worry – you are not the only one. Self-doubt is a disease that poisons you about your appearance, personality and abilities. You begin to think you are awful at everything. But in reality, that is far from the truth. You are no less than a superhero, masked in disguise – your amazing qualities, hidden away from the world.