Dr. James Gordon Gilkee said:
“The dilemma of wanting your own identity is as ancient as the beginning of history, and it is common to all human life. Similar is the problem of not wanting to be your own self, which is the source of much personal imbalance and disturbance.”
Someone else said:
“You are a unique entity among creation:nothing is exactly similar to you, nor are you exactly similar to anything, because the Creator has brought diversity to the creation.”
“Certainly, your efforts and deeds are diverse (different in aims and purposes).”
(Quran 92:4)
Angelo Battero wrote thirteen books and thousands of articles related to the topic of child education. He once wrote:
“There is none more miserable than the one who grows up not being himself, who grows up imitating others in appearance and thought.”
“He sends down water (rain) from the sky, and the valleys flow according to their measure…”
(Qur’an 13:17)
Every person has his own idiosyncrasies, talents, and abilities, so no one should fuse his personality into that of another.
Undoubtedly, you have been created with restricted means and abilities that will help you to accomplish very specific and limited goals. It has been wisely put:Read yourself and know yourself; you will then know your mission in life.
Emerson said in his essay ‘On Self-reliance’:
“The time will come when the knowledge of man will reach the level where his faith will be that jealousy is ignorance and imitation is suicide. And one will accept his own self, as he is, no matter what the circumstances, because that is his lot. Also, despite the fact that the world is filled with good things, one will not accomplish anything until he plants and cares for the land that was given to him. Hidden strengths that are inside of him are new to the world, and he does not know the extent of his abilities until he tries.”
“And say [O’ Muhammad], ‘Do deeds! Allah will see your deeds, and [so will] His Messenger and the believers.'”
(Qur’an 9:105)
[SOURCE: Laa Tahzaan – Don’t Be Sad]
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