The life you didn’t choose
Again, I believe that adaptability is one of man's strongest abilities. Almost everything about us adapts to our physical and psychological circumstances. This is why people in various climates adapt to their surroundings, whereas foreigners struggle.
These changes are more than just psychological; they are also physiological. Years of exposure to cold or hot temperatures causes the body to adapt in incredible ways.
The human body is designed to adapt, as is the mind, and when the body adapts, the mind follows suit. Organs, cells, and tissue within the body also adapt, allowing people and individuals to function in situations where they would not otherwise be able to.
The world is a strange place, and people live the lives they are given; no one is born knowing their gender, identity, personality, health status, appearance, or family background, but we tend to adapt to these differences.
The reason for this adaptability is that we accept the unchangeability of the situation in which we find ourselves.
A person who is not as tall, or perhaps a dwarf, finds ways to accept what or who they are, and most of the time finds ways to accept themselves, before constructing a unique set of circumstances that allows them to comfortably live the lives they have been given.
Do people sometimes hate what they are?
Yes...
but sometimes these hate is not enough to make them want to give up on life. However, do not confuse acceptance with self-love. The former is mostly understanding that you cannot change who you are and must find ways to live with it; this does not imply "loving you," but rather accepting you.
This is a mental adaptation.
This is where all of the magic happens, because people must be in sync with themselves on the inside before it can be reflected outside.
While people can still choose many aspects of themselves in life, I believe that the most important characteristics are predetermined at birth.
Choose what you want
For example, who would not want to be Donald Trump's son or daughter? 99.9% of individuals will. Why? Well, status, money, financial freedom, fame, power, and many other things, and if people could choose their parents, people who are likely to be poor, unhealthy, and so on would be childless.
This is one of the aspects of life that people have no control over. One of the most significant ways that people have the ability to choose other things in life is through free will.
Free will promotes discovery and evolution, but it also fosters evil ingenuity. To some extent, being free causes people to abuse their power, particularly those with the authority, fame, and financial resources to back up their free will.
Sci-fi reality
Imagine being poor and auditioning to have a child, only to have the children you want decide you are too poor, sick, or ugly to bear them.
Imagine them seeing their potential genetic health conditions and deciding whether or not to be born. Imagine pre-babies having enough consciousness to make decisions before they are even born.
It is next-gen FREE-WILL, and forgive me for going too SCI-FI; perhaps one day we will be able to see movies like this, with a fantastic creator who can combine adventure, supernatural, and science.
Biological logic & explanation
Nobody has a pre-form; we are almost nothing but sperm cells interacting with eggs in reproductive systems to create something unreal that grows to develop consciousness, thoughts, actions, and so on.
Obviously, most of what we think in our minds is a reflection of what is possible or impossible, but we are nothing more than our consciousness. So, no.
Nobody has control over where they are born, the circumstances surrounding their birth, or anything else. In fact, some people will not be born, either because their parents choose not to marry or because of some other reason; will these people be conscious enough to realize this? No. It never existed.
There is no possibility without the consciousness we possess.
So, while we may regret having this life or wish we did not have it, the truth is that we cannot change what we cannot change. I believe that 70% of the world's population does not completely want to be who they are, but because this is unchangeable, people simply accept and build around it.
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The great genetic lottery that makes us who we are isn't always kind, but we get what we get. We adapt and work with the weaknesses we have and make the best of what we can. Not everyone can be born into royalty as the prince of England, as a matter of fact most people are born into poverty and have to struggle through it to survive. Some have genetic diseases that are incurable (at least for now, in 100 years they will pretty much be gone), but we have what we have.
I would love to have great genetics that let me live to be 100 in excellent health with a sharp mind, I didn't get it. Oh well! I could have never been born, if events in the past hadn't unfolded as they did. So we should be grateful for the life we get, and do the best we can with what we're given.
70% of people may not want to be who they are, but they are. The sooner they accept it and move on the better...
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Hahaha great. You've said it all lol. For me, I just wanted a better condition that allowed me work and cater for the family, unfortunately I didn't get it. I have many people with my conditions who wished they weren't born, I get the pain and frustration, sometimes the pain of life begins to exceed any happiness we derive from living it.
100 years is a really long time, I think 90% of people don't have that much of good genetics that lets them live into 100.
However, we are who we are, and we cannot change it as tigve pointed out.
I was really been touched and by your post, first, living a life you must adapt to changes either the weather, the suffering to wealth vice versa, health challenges due to accident, even at loss of most loved person in the world, we still cope and adapt.
And if we are to choose what we want how the likes of Nelson Mandela, Barack Obama, Mark Zuckerberg, Obafemi Awolowo and others will discover the greatness in them. I believe the ability not to choose what we want we help us to determine all the great things that we can do but if we are to choose I think 99% will choose wealthy family and 80% will be lazy because there will not essence of working or been creative.
Well I don't mind being lazy lol, provided my father or grandfather had already stored generational wealth for me, all I have to do lol is to just sustain it.
For example, dangote already inherited generational wealth, all he had to do was build on it.
You are right my brother, I wish I was born from such a family too lol, suffering or fighting for your unborn generation is not a fight everyone can win but still we must fight
Excellent piece. I often wonder whether poverty amplifies creativity.. I don't suppose someone with enough resources at their disposal gets often calculative with anything. Either we shape our destinies with out actions regardless of our point of origin.
No, you're right I think someone with enough resources don't really have to do much, but some people are rich and don't need to do much were once in that situation where they had to amplify their creativity, although not all.
Uhnnn beautiful write up....I love this statement you mentioned that there is different between acceptance and self love uhmm so deep,above all self love is the greatest because is when you love yourself first that's when people around you love you......and adaptability you can't just use Nigeria my country as a case study,we adapt to anything that comes our way 😂
A lot of people don't self-love, I don't think I do, however acceptance is coming to terms we cannot change it, someone we manage to achieve inner peace and just try to adapt
i think even more than 70% don't like who they are, there will always be someone one would envy
but in the end human survived until now because they adapted, so one just adapts to the life he received and goes on
Even me lol, I'd have hoped to be healthier and you know, not have to lose everyone one of my previous nuclear family. However I guess we only keep going and accept whatever and adapt
I agree with that outlook. Even the rich are dissatisfied with some things that we would be happy with. It's about perspective, and I agree that we can't change it. So the best thing we can do is to adapt and move onwards.
Yeah, adapting and moving on seems to be the logical thing to do, but it can be sad that sometimes you're limited because of the choices you didn't make for yourself
Yea , mental adaptation, focusing on what you can change rather than focusing on what you cannot or have no control over, you can't change what has already happened to you but you can only work on what you don't want to happen to you, nice write up sir.
I can't really seem to deduce your point, but I guess you're trying to say "change what you can and leave the rest"
Yes
My brother you've said it all oo, we can not change what we can not change, infact 95% of world population did not want to be who they are today, but because there's no way we can change where we're from, we just have to accept it and adapt to it! And way it is so easy for people to adapt this is because, we already know who we're, where we are from, and we've know that there's nothing we can do about it.
Thanks for sharing this bro!
Exactly, I mentioned 70% but you mentioned 95% and I think you're right. Even for me as well. I wish I was was something and someone else, but the creator said we're formed in his image, genetic conditions, status or health status, we have no choice but to give thanks and carry on.
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