Life has it's funny way of teaching us simple lessons like the importance of honey and bitter leaf.
Let’s come to think of it. Honey is one of the sweetest substance known to mankind. It is sweet, sugary in nature and is known to bring good luck and add taste to some things like tea. Then on the other side there is bitter leaf a plant that’s so bitter that it could make your taste buds protest whenever it is being activated on it yet there is a twist in this scenario.
If you decide to put honey in a bowl of soup it’s not exactly a better thing to do, it is weird and honestly if you taste that soup you use honey to make, you might push it away and lose appetite. But if you put bitter leaf in the soup that is where this whole story is different, it becomes a delicacy which is known as their favorite in many culture. It’s a a very important dish and something that you can never stop eating.
What is the lesson? It’s very simple. Just because someone is good at one area doesn’t mean that others also lack that value. Honey is already known for sweetness but it doesn’t make the soup taste great just the way bitter leaf does, that is what disqualify it from being a delicacy in the soup.
This is a reminder that we all have our own strengths, our own flaws and our own moments to shine. It is easy to get comparing yourself with others who is better than you, who is richer than you, who is finer than you, but you might look at someone who is more confident and more successful or talented in a way that you don’t feel like you can compare yourself to the person or you don’t measure up
Your value is not diminished because someone is shining on their own life differently. Maybe you are not delighted or the most confident here, but your quietness holds people together or gives hope or peace around when they are around you. Maybe you are not that elite and not try but when you spark your creativity it changed the game.
We all have our own soup that we taste great on and not everyone would taste great in that soup because the world needs every type of flavor, every type of spices and ingredients to add taste to the soup. Let’s start trying to be that honey they are will change every situation wishing that you can shine everyone.
Yes it is not possible. Instead we should embrace our purpose, our time to shine like the song and the moon or the only in the bitter leaf. We all have our road to play. If we celebrate our strengths, honor the gifts and thoughts that we shall make a difference in the world which are taste our place. So let’s keep shining let’s be bold like the moon because your light also matters.
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