This hits hard. It takes a lot of maturity to realize that saving your peace is better than winning an argument or forcing someone to see your perspective. Not everyone has the emotional capacity to understand your intentions, and that’s a reflection of them, not you.
I don't have any specific intentions. All I'm trying to say is: don't keep labeling me.
Just because they couldn't do it within the limits of their own world doesn't mean the same applies to me. I can't keep justifying myself again and again. It just hurts.
I always wanted to escape, but there was no other way. Enduring it and proving myself was the only option for me.
There is no single roadmap to a successful life. Their blueprint—which I fully respect and agree works for them—is a fixed way of life. But I didn't give up. For someone who keeps trying, there are always other branches to take. I mean, "Where there is a will, there is a way."
What they couldn't accept was that I had the ability to attain the same things through a different path, while they were simply confined by their own ideologies and what they believed was God's plan for them.
What some people couldn't accept was that I might reach my goals differently from them. They were confined by their own beliefs, ideologies, and assumptions about how life is supposed to work. Meanwhile, I trusted that determination, adaptability, and persistence could create a path where none seemed to exist.
