01/11/2022
I want to be naive again
Her; What do you want to be?
Me; A change maker
Her; Okay. But what exactly do you want to be
Me; It doesn’t matter, but whatever I become, I hope to be able to make some really cause some change that makes a difference.
This naive conversation didn’t happen when I was 12 or 15. On the contrary, this was a conversation I had with a female friend when I was in my second year at University. I believe I was 21 or 22 at that time.
It wasn’t hypocritical. It was born a genuine and deep-seated desire to make something of myself that really makes a difference in the world.
It didn’t matter what I was or where I was; I wanted to make a significant dent that would make my presence known and my absence felt.
And that wasn’t me craving attention. No, on the contrary, I hated anything that brought unnecessary attention to me.
The irony of this is that just a few years down and I almost don’t know what that means anymore.
I got lost in that cryptic cave of self that I almost didn’t have a care left to spare for the world. You could say I got self-engrossed. Seeking how to have a good life; save myself from drowning first before I save another.
But that’s how a*holes are made. The beauty of the mystical journey called life is when we learn to swim together.
You can be the difference not by when you swim ashore, but by what you do while in that troubled water.
‘The Difference’ isn’t what you arrive at, it is WHO YOU ARE. You don’t become it; You are IT. You only get better at IT along the way.
So hey, I’m getting naive again. I’m making a change and I hope you’d join me.
You’d get your chance to make a massive dent. But start with a smile and pulling people up with your words.
A little sprinkle of stardust.
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