Here’s a familiar picture.
You say yes to any and every plan your friends make. Even when you do not have any interest in that activity.
You participate in rituals and practices that you don’t believe in.
You move in with your partner, even though you are not ready for that kind of commitment.
You pursue engineering, even when you want to travel and pursue photography for a living.
You have practically been living every moment trying to please someone. And none of this has brought you any happiness, has it?
We worry compulsively about what others think, what they say, how they react–rarely stopping to realise that in the process, our life doesn’t really stay ours.
We have learnt to mould ourselves into something that society expects us to be. We are unsure of doing things we actually like because there’s a chance that others may not approve of it.
Learn to distinguish between making someone happy and pleasing them.
People worry excessively about others’ opinions, reactions, and societal expectations, leading them to mould themselves into what they think others want them to be.
It often doesn’t bring happiness. Instead, it can leave individuals feeling drained and disconnected from their own desires.
Doing something out of genuine care for a loved one’s happiness is different from blindly pleasing others to gain approval.
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