BE YOURSELF: A KILLER IDEA

BE YOURSELF: A KILLER IDEA

Every created being has his or her own peculiarities which places the person either ahead or behind others. It can be better said that humans being are customised and configured to given particular feature that makes him outstandingly different from the closest like of him. It makes him special and a wonderful creature of the First cause

This peculiarity that differentiates every human is particularly that which spies the life in which we all partake. These peculiarities can be viewed in the light of personal differences which is a culminative quality of both physical qualities and personality of a said individual. Personality can be viewed in the sense of behaviours and comportment of the said individual.  Physical qualities also in the sense of body size shape and colour. These things make us and tell about us, they function like an operating system that creates a platform for other things to take place.

The idea of being oneself is one which has become a heightened idea among the contemporary people of today with particular reference to the youths. As a youth, this idea can be seen in the light of maintaining and being that which differentiates us from others. It is being and acting according to that which we are naturally inclined towards. In being oneself there is no room for hiding even a bit of our character, which is showing our true self at all times. By inference it thereby forms a firewall against the incoming of an alien self (that is not acting according to what is not you). It is better understood as being authentic to one’s life and calling.

Socrates in his wisdom encouraged men to identify who truly they are but the question is after this discovery what next? The truth of being oneself entails self discovery which deserves some accolades because it is a light shown in the right direction. Another question goes thus, will that light that is being shown be a light towards self development or a light to encourage stagnation. A touch or a discussion with the contemporary youths of today on why they had to perform in the way they do will result to the answer “this is me”.

Is being me enough for a safe and progressive society? As earlier highlighted it is evident that we all are of different characters and inclined toward a particular way of life. Some of which is morally right and some of which are not. Will someone who is kleptomania insist in stealing because that is him? Will one who has a high level of sexual instinct go on “sexing” because that is him? Of course not because he might try his mama one day. Being me is today one of the hinges on which the deprogressives Nigeria is held. Remember that where your freedom ends another’s start. Being me could also entail our animalistic nature.

True enough trying to be oneself to the individual is worth it and borrowing a leaf from Kant they try to place it on a universal principle. A typical example is the gay brothers who wish everybody becomes gay. A look at the lives of the biblical Solomon, Samson, Judas Iscariot and the rest of them will tell you where being oneself landed them. What of our fanatic Muslim brothers, Bobrisky and our fighting senators who try to be themselves are doing, how good are their actions to us?

Man is always in a state of becoming says the philosopher. King David discovered his sexual instinct and made amends. Moses discovered himself and looked for a helper. Bill Gate discovered himself and left school for something higher. It is only a fool that discovers himself and remains like that. We should strive to make ourselves better and conform to the good societal standards. Kierkegaard calls it authentic existence.

Being who you are is not enough. Discovering who you are and chiselling out a better you are wonderful. Discovering your weakness and sticking to that is suicidal. However, this does not entail faking oneself. Take steps and pain to become a better you, if our ancestors remained themselves we would have been better of animals. What I am communicating is this, “discover yourself and become a better version of yourself, don’t be just yourself.”