Being True To Ourselves
By Darryl Duke. Filed in Belief |Tags: creating our path, faith, Happiness, helping others, overcoming doubts and fears
Despite all the things in my sobriety that have helped me to believe in myself, I have been feeling somewhat fearful and sad the past few weeks. It began with some worry I felt about my book not gaining the attention I had hoped it would and letting the negative effects of the news media bring me down. To add to this, I also started to realize just how hard it is to gain the kind of notoriety needed to help others at a higher level. I’m not saying I want to be the next Dalai Lama or a male Oprah, nor am I saying I want to be another one of the many self-help gurus out there. I just want the chance to reach the many people that I know I can help with my book and my beliefs in life. What added even more to the emotions I’m feeling is seeing people that have received varying degrees of celebrity acting out in crazy and often nasty ways, who don’t seem to care about helping others. I don’t mean to judge anyone here, and I want people to do what makes them happy in life, but I can’t deny the frustration and sometimes anger I feel when I see the often negative and meaningless things some people do. These things can’t be helpful to anyone and has more of an affect on people’s well being than we think. I do believe there are many people out there who agree with me, and I promise I haven’t lost hope in achieving what I want to do in life, but it’s been a tougher road for me than I originally thought it was going to be. I just need to continue doing the things that got me this far on the path I began when I decided to get sober and not give up. I also know that as long as I stay true to myself and my beliefs, and not let the negativity of the world bring me down, I’ll be all right.
Thursday, April 8th 2010 at 11:51 PM |
The key is to stay consistent and continue reaching out to people. You’ll help people one by one and eventually 2 by 2 and so on, and the effects of your efforts will grow. It just takes TIME. I always hated hearing that saying, but it’s definitely true. Like you said, stay TRUE to yourself. You know me… I wouldn’t have it any other way!!!
Love you! ~Kara
Wednesday, April 14th 2010 at 2:42 PM |
Well, Darryl, I hear and honor your fear and your resolve to continue doing what got you to where you are at this moment. How divine it is that I stumbled upon your book and your blog just as I am about to create my own! Thanks to Joshua O’Brien and a comment you made on one of his FB posts. SEE…you ARE reaching out there…one by one, soon two by two. What is time, anyway, but a made up measurement ;-0)