“The greatest achievement in life is overcoming insecurity and to truly not give a shit.” — Rob Dial

Scrolling through my phone watching Instagram posts of my friends and colleagues. I couldn’t help but feel a twitch of pain in my chest. Why is everyone have the things that I want? Why do they have the latest Iphone model? A big house and Lamborghini? They are living the life that I always dreamt of. Why does it feel like I’m being left behind?

There are so many questions in my mind that bothers the hell out of me. I don’t know why I feel this way. It makes me unhappy and uncontended with life. Okay I’ll admit it, I feel jealous because of the things I don’t have.
As cliché as it may sound, I realized that money indeed doesn’t buy happiness. I have spent months with my family and friends. We don’t have the luxuries of life but the joy of being with them is the best thing that ever happened to me that money will never be able to buy.

While walking down the street and watch people do their own thing, I feel amazed how life works. There are billions of people around the world and we all live differently. We walk in this earth with unique mindset and perspective in life. I don’t know anyone that has the exact experiences, thoughts and conversations with other people as mine.

I wasted so much time overthinking and getting insecure of other people. I am the reason why I feel this way. Always remember that there are always people that has more than you. Life works that way and we cannot do anything about it.

The real definition of happiness is not getting everything that you want. it’s learning to appreciate the small things that you have in the present moment.