When I was younger, I fell into the trap of thinking I could earn the love of other people by being “special.” I thought that by reaching some imaginary bar of human achievement, I would be set apart from other people and become uniquely worthy of love. I

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Have you ever wanted to be great? Zaryan 03/31/26 (Tue) 06:39:05 No.27998

When I was younger, I fell into the trap of thinking I could earn the love of other people by being “special.” I thought that by reaching some imaginary bar of human achievement, I would be set apart from other people and become uniquely worthy of love. It goes without saying that I never reached that bar.

Looking back on my life, the only achievement that has really mattered is encountering people who cherish me for all that I am, achievements or none. People who care for me not on the basis of what I’ve done but who I am. Aristotle and Cicero say that relationships like these are the rarest things in the world. I’ve only found a few people like this.

Deep down I suspect that I’ll never be exceptional—I’ll never be above other people. My life is a small ripple in eternity—one that will soon fade out into nothing. I’m not particularly smart or talented, and I’ll never amount to anything significant. Part of me hates the thought of that. But what is there to hate if I already have everything I could ask for? What more could I desire?

Zaryan 03/31/26 (Tue) 07:50:52 No.28001

>>27998
You should desire what you seem to have already found, a group of people who doesn't treat you like scum or dreg

Zaryan 03/31/26 (Tue) 10:06:27 No.28004

The best thing to do is to not be an under-achiever.
A man's worst fate is mediocrity, not compared others but compared to themselves.

Zaryan 03/31/26 (Tue) 21:20:42 No.28039

Who art thou?

Zaryan 04/06/26 (Mon) 16:12:52 No.28240

But you shouldn't avoid trying to improve, if you want to be the best version of yourself don't let mediocrity discourage you from being better.

Zaryan 04/06/26 (Mon) 16:21:44 No.28241

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Everybody should try to be great. I love having people to love. But I want to achieve big things FOR THEM. Why get rich if i have the basics and idc about anybody? Why try to get wholesome or impressive or talented when nobody will care? The people in my life make me want to do better. They care about my future. I care about them. I care about my future now!

Zaryan 04/06/26 (Mon) 16:24:26 No.28242

>>27998
You don't seem to really understand what makes you important for people. Love by others is only achieved when you bring the valuable feelings to them, linking to their inner self emotionally. Or smth like that IDHK lol.

Zaryan 04/06/26 (Mon) 23:42:51 No.28251

>>28241
This too, especially at higher educations, it's a great motivator to get past some of the more goyish things like having to sit for hours and hours listening to a lecture about some topic that will maybe be useful only one single time in your life. But if you're doing it for someone else and by extension yourself it becomes immediately a bigger motivator, same reason people start families, it is a big motivator to be with people