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Morning Brilliant and Excellent People,
I look
forward to sharing with you Brilliant and Excellent tips
for attaining your goals and fulfilling your Purpose.
This
week, i will share a thought on oppression.
“Showing off is the fool’s idea of glory” Bruce Lee
Oppression is the exercise of authority, wealth, knowledge or
power in a manner as to make people feel uncomfortable or inferior.
The idea of oppression emanates from the opinion that one is
superior to another person. This idea is seen all around us, even amongst
children. Check out a group children and you’ll find out that the older ones
often intentionally cheat and oppress the younger. Needless to say, this exist
in our human nature.
But the irony of life is this:
When we have in abundance and live a life after purpose, we
don’t feel any pressure to announce it.
When we don’t have, we feel enormous pressure to announce and
display a false status.
The question is why? Why do we ever feel the need to show-off
and oppress people?
Mostly, when you find people who feel the need to hold on to
what they have and consider themselves superior to everybody else, you have
found someone who have underlying behavioural problems. Here are a few factors
that causes people to show off and oppress people:
ü Insecurity: Insecurity is a lack of confidence in one’s
abilities that makes you behave in spite of yourself. Insecurity is what
happens when you feel vulnerable and inadequate. This often results in a push
to want to be seen, to want to be adequate, to want to be everything at once.
ü Small mindedness: a small minded person is someone who is
opinionated and has a streamlined way of thinking. People who oppress lack the
ability to think out of the box and see the whole picture, these kinds of
people are selfish, narrow minded and intolerant of people.
ü Seeking attention: this is an offshoot of insecurity that grows
into a world of self, that is, everything revolving around them.
What messages are in your actions and words?
Whatever we think we may have, whether material or immaterial,
it multiplies when it is invested and the concept of investing is to give it
away for a much greater course not for fame or status but for the good of
humanity.
Before going ahead with a plan, ask yourself again “why am I
doing this?” True motives and intent can reveal the hidden agenda of an action.
A mirror of yourself
Is it possible to be a show off and never realise this?
Actually, I believe that the most people who are show offs realises it but
never admits it. If change is to occur however, one must have a true
reflection of himself. As much as possible, an honest feedback can be
gotten from close friends and or families, people who can look you in the face
and appraise you.
Not every friend and family will give you an honest opinion
however, especially if they are dependants, some people will rather mislead you
or deceive you by giving you false ideas.
Emotions on the other side
When we engage in oppression activities, emotions gets fired up.
Newton's third law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite
reaction. This reaction are vibes from the receiving end of your actions.
Three common reactions are:
· Jealousy
· Pride
· Competition
Whenever you feel these three emotions flaring up around you,
slow down and ask yourself critical questions. There are times actually, when
people respond to you without you necessarily evolving those reactions.
However, for the most part, people’s reaction are in response to your own
actions or their perceived opinion of it.
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