Wanna be loved
Not for who you think I am
Nor what you want me to be
Could you love me for me?
The word character has been on my mind a lot in the last week. Not character like Pikachu in Pokémon, but as in the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual. [Coordinator: I chose the wrong day to start reading your work again, I was really hoping for a laugh today *ironic face emoji*]. Personally, I’ve put a lot of work into developing my character. Although I know that people will always have their own perceptions of us, it’s always been important to me that people see my character and value it.
Early this week, I had a small argument with a friend. Little did they know I was LIVID on the other end of the phone because they had questioned my character – well, at least I felt like they did. I posted Insta-stories for them, told them to go fly a kite and contemplated sending them back to their birth place. I just felt hurt and bothered that they’d try to take something away from me that I’d work so hard to put in place. Ultimately, we hashed it out; got clarity and we’re back on the same page. (Inserts smiley face!)
After that situation, I was still left just thinking about my character and even did some re-evaluations on myself. There was light at the end of the tunnel. I quickly remembered that a few months back when Darren (owner of Quick 2 You Delivery) had to leave the island for a week, he left his company in my hands. He just leaves one of best courier services on the island in the hands of “this guy” and it made me realize that you really need to trust someone to do that. In that moment, I said, “Wait!” Alan (owner of Colosseum SXM) also had to leave the island, and he left me with some of the gym’s responsibilities. [Coordinator: So, do you babysit pets? Because I have a vacation at the end of the month. Uh let me know…]
Moral of the story is that I’m feeling a lot better today about my character. To know that I have friends who see enough in me to trust me to basically manage their businesses while they’re off-island. I know this might sound like one big pat on the back, but it is more than that to me. Sometimes, I just really need to air my thoughts out – and what better place to do it than here?!
It’s so important to have people in our lives, who can see things in us. Sometimes, we know the qualities are there; but we can get so critical of ourselves at times that we lose sight of that. So to my boys Alan and Darren, I appreciate the confidence that you guys have in me.
Boom. Mi gahn.
*Cues Wanna Be Loved by Buju Banton*
[Coordinator: Not really the context for this, but ok. *shrug emoji*]
