We live in a strange world.

In our current society we take pride in factors that we can't alter and improve upon, over achievements and accomplishments.

We were taught to put on masks when we go out into the world, to hide our insecurities in fear of what others may think of us instead of being content with our choices in life based on the skill sets and knowledge we developed.

We were taught that factors we couldn't alter like our gender, sexuality and the environment (hometown) we were born into are things we should be 'proud' of and if you aren't then 'you're not part of the team', creating isolation from the group inforcing more insecurity.

We were taught to criticize those who do take pride in skill and knowledge building and called them 'egotistical, conceited, self-centered, etc,' creating generations of children lost in an attempt to understand what is important in life.

These are our animalistic instincts for competition. You can either compete with who you were yesterday and be better or you can compete with 7 billion other human beings out there and become dissapointed in the results you will never beat or overcome.

I can easily say that this is how I use to think and this is the type of mentality I was brought up believing. I felt so lost in being proud of things that really didn't matter to me while trying not to appear conceited to others because of what they may think of me.

Let go of these insecurities, be proud of the skills and knowledge you've built up to now and be proud knowing that the development of these factors will help to excel you in whatever situation or path you involve yourself in.

Analyze your life and analyze your thoughts. Are you consistently concerned about food, money, sex, sleep or competing?

All human beings are battling these factors on a daily basis but allowing them to dominate your mind and body won't allow you to create something bigger then yourself.

Conquer your animal instincts in whatever way you need to in your particular life situation to free your mind to analyze your own thoughts.

Discover what skills and knowledge you are passionate about and you will be headed towards your life task!