Head on the Clouds
- 14
- Dec
- 2015
“You’re always distracted, you lose everything, you don’t lose your head just because its attached to your body; Irresponsible, you don’t do anything right…”
Do you recognize these words? Normally these are directed to the youths that are so called “Head on the Clouds”, irresponsibles.
When we hear the words, many thoughts come to our head…
-Self-pity: “For reals, I am irresponsible, I dont do anything right, Im useless…”
-Injustice: “But I tried my best, its not that bad, what a lack of patience!…”
-Indifference: “Yeah, this is just me, if they don’t want to, they don’t have to ask me anything”.
All thoughts lead us to act or think a certain way.
And when we have those thoughts, we are led to take one single action: We won’t change who we are! Stagnate! After all, we are either too bad to change, or they’re being unfair with us, or we don’t think that changing is worth it. These thoughts are useless for our development. They don’t help at all in out growth, they actually in our way.
So what do we do now?
Theres 2 things we need to have in mind to be different:
1-Know what you don’t want to be
Oddly enough, this is the hardest part. We need humbleness to realized that we are wrong, we are gonna need to want to know what we did wrong, and thats when critics fall perfect into place for us, because they help us in this realization process. We need to know what to do.
2-Know what you’re gonna do different
The imperfection is so attached to us, in other words, its so natural to do or not a certain thing that way, that we don’t even realize we made a mistake again. Then we must know!
If the way i clean my room is not the best, then what is the best way? Where should i start? How should I do this?
Take notes of how it went, take before and after pictures, put sticky note everywhere so you won’t forget, they really help with this.
Theres a rule that i have and it helps me a lot:
Never trust my memory!
Nobody likes to forget, and forgetting is not something that we can control. Whomever forgets, forgets! Its not on purpose, but we can prevent it; theres a way to “swerve” our limitations, figure out a way to get our head the way it always has to be: Clean to absorb what God has to teach us!
“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Those things which ye have both learned and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.” Philippians 4:8,9(KJV)
nyakato jackline
19th May 2016 at 3:57
reading this reminds me those days i used to be,i didnt like to be criticised i would take it in a wrong way and i never wanted to change,i wld say thats how iam but with time i realised that i had to change i now take criticism positively.
Michelle Ramirez
25th April 2016 at 20:12
It always comes down to one thing being humble, it is so true. I personally lacked of humbleness when I began to start changing my ways, attitude and character I wouldn’t admit to any one or myself that I was wrong and needed to change. Till I realized so then I started changing. Very true message and a blessing thank you so much, God Bless.
Brenda Guerra
23rd April 2016 at 15:48
We can’t keep our heads in the clouds because we know nothing good will happen. If we want to change that, we have to be humble to realize our mistakes and take action to change ourselves. If we were lazy, we need to realize that we can’t be lazy and do something the best way possible instead of doing it however.
Elisa
12th April 2016 at 20:32
Oh my!
In order for a person to change and become a better version of herself, she needs to be humble and recognize her mistakes.
I’ve been told by others what they don’t like about me and instead of using that criticism and using it as a starting point; I pretend like it means nothing and go on. Often times I disregard these comments because the people criticizing are coworkers whom are not pleased with my performance. But now that I see it in different eyes I’m going to use these comments as a starting point to reflect on what type of person I’ve been.
Also, I tend to forget a lot, I make plans to do something different to be different, but I always forget. To chose to do things differently a person must write things down so the plan can be better executed because plans that are just in ones head are not really plans, but just ideas.
Marlene
9th April 2016 at 3:29
I have heard these remarks before. I need to change a lot because I realize that I am irresponsible and need to do something about it.
Anita Isioma Chukwuma
15th December 2015 at 9:24
Thanks Mrs Viviane for this post, it really of great help to me especially in my day to day activities. due to a lot to recall, most times i forget and end up remembering minutes after it suppose to be done or days after, but your post i will definitely put in practice.