الانطباعات التي تتشكل عنا ليست حقيقية بالمطلق، بل ربما كانت صدى أصوات لا تخصنا، لأنها في نهاية الأمر انعكاسات تتراقص على سطح مرآة الآخرين، وتأتي كمرآة مكسورة أحياناً، مشروخة بالمزاج، مغبّشة بالتجارب، مشوهة بالانفعالات، فتُظهرنا كما يريدون هم أن يرونا، لا كما نحن في الواقع.
وفي هذا التيه البشري المكتظ بالظنون والادّعاء، يراهن الكثير على تلك المرايا، فيعيشون على وقع نظرة، أو تعليق، أو حكم طارئ، أما الرهان الحقيقي، فهو ما راهن عليه العقلاء والراسخون «على النفس».
الثقة بالنفس، ليست ترفاً نفسانياً، بل ضرورة وجودية، فهي البوصلة التي تعيدنا إلى الطريق حين تتوه خرائط الآخرين. هي المفتاح إلى القبول، لا قبول الآخرين بنا، بل قبولنا لأنفسنا كما نحن بتجاربنا، بأخطائنا، وبحقيقتنا التي لا تتلوّن إلا بصدق.
من امتلك هذه الثقة، امتلك سلاحه في معركة الحياة، واستراح من عناء إرضاء من لا يُرضى.
كم من شخص انهزم لا لأن الحياة هزمته، بل لأنه صدّق شخصاً واهماً قال له إنه مهزوم، وكم من آخر ارتقى لا لأن الحظ سانده، بل لأنه آمن أنه يستحق الارتقاء.
لا يوجد فاشل على هذا الكوكب، بل هناك من توقف عند عثرته، ومن جعلها سُلّمه. فالنجاح لا يصنعه الطموح وحده، بل يُنحت من الألم، من التجربة، من ذلك الإخفاق الذي لم يكسرنا بل صقلنا.
وفي ذات السياق، لا يجب أن تغشّنا المظاهر ولا المناصب، فليست المناصب دوماً نتاج كفاءة، بل أحياناً ثمرة ظروف ومصادفات وتوازنات لا تعكس قيمة الشخص بقدر ما تعكس فوضى العالم. وهنا، من الغبن أن نجلد أنفسنا بمقارنات مع من لم يمرّ بطريقنا، ولم يحمل همّنا، ولا سقط مثلنا ثم نهض، ولا يعمل كما نعمل.
الأسوأ من نظرة الآخر، هو أن نُصبح نحن مرآة زائفة لأنفسنا، فكم مرة وثقنا بأشخاص وضعناهم في مقام المساندين، ثم كشف الزمن هشاشتهم.
الحقيقة هي أن الإنسان لا يجب أن يثق بأحد كما يثق بقدرته على النجاة، على التقييم، على النمو.
فالثقة بالذات تعني إدراكاً عميقاً لحقيقتك من أنت؟ وما تستطيع؟ إنها ملاذك حين يغدر بك من ظننته سنداً، وسلاحك حين تُقصى لأنك لم تكن جزءاً من لعبة الأقنعة.
وهي نصيحتي للشغوفين في كل مجالات الحياة، فليس من العقل أن نعيش بين ظلال الآخرين وإن كانوا مأزومين.
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The impressions that are formed about us are not entirely real; rather, they may be echoes of voices that do not belong to us, as they are ultimately reflections dancing on the surface of others' mirrors, sometimes coming as a broken mirror, cracked by mood, clouded by experiences, distorted by emotions, showing us as they want to see us, not as we truly are.
In this human maze filled with assumptions and claims, many bet on those mirrors, living by a glance, a comment, or a fleeting judgment. However, the real bet is what the wise and grounded have wagered "on the self."
Self-confidence is not a psychological luxury, but an existential necessity; it is the compass that brings us back to the path when the maps of others get lost. It is the key to acceptance—not the acceptance of others towards us, but our acceptance of ourselves as we are, with our experiences, our mistakes, and our truth that only colors itself with sincerity.
Those who possess this confidence hold their weapon in the battle of life and rest from the toil of pleasing those who cannot be pleased.
How many people have been defeated not because life defeated them, but because they believed a delusional person who told them they were defeated? And how many others have risen not because luck supported them, but because they believed they deserved to rise?
There is no failure on this planet; there are only those who stopped at their stumble and those who made it their ladder. Success is not created solely by ambition; it is sculpted from pain, from experience, from that failure that did not break us but refined us.
In the same context, we should not be deceived by appearances or positions, for positions are not always the result of competence; sometimes they are the fruit of circumstances, coincidences, and balances that do not reflect a person's value as much as they reflect the chaos of the world. Here, it is a disservice to ourselves to whip ourselves with comparisons to those who have not walked our path, who have not carried our burdens, who have not fallen like us and then risen, and who do not work as we do.
The worst thing about the gaze of others is that we become a false mirror to ourselves. How many times have we trusted people we placed in the role of supporters, only for time to reveal their fragility?
The truth is that a person should not trust anyone as much as they trust their ability to survive, to evaluate, to grow.
For self-confidence means a deep understanding of your truth: Who are you? What can you do? It is your refuge when those you thought were support betray you, and your weapon when you are excluded because you were not part of the game of masks.
And this is my advice to the passionate in all areas of life; it is not wise to live in the shadows of others, even if they are troubled.
In this human maze filled with assumptions and claims, many bet on those mirrors, living by a glance, a comment, or a fleeting judgment. However, the real bet is what the wise and grounded have wagered "on the self."
Self-confidence is not a psychological luxury, but an existential necessity; it is the compass that brings us back to the path when the maps of others get lost. It is the key to acceptance—not the acceptance of others towards us, but our acceptance of ourselves as we are, with our experiences, our mistakes, and our truth that only colors itself with sincerity.
Those who possess this confidence hold their weapon in the battle of life and rest from the toil of pleasing those who cannot be pleased.
How many people have been defeated not because life defeated them, but because they believed a delusional person who told them they were defeated? And how many others have risen not because luck supported them, but because they believed they deserved to rise?
There is no failure on this planet; there are only those who stopped at their stumble and those who made it their ladder. Success is not created solely by ambition; it is sculpted from pain, from experience, from that failure that did not break us but refined us.
In the same context, we should not be deceived by appearances or positions, for positions are not always the result of competence; sometimes they are the fruit of circumstances, coincidences, and balances that do not reflect a person's value as much as they reflect the chaos of the world. Here, it is a disservice to ourselves to whip ourselves with comparisons to those who have not walked our path, who have not carried our burdens, who have not fallen like us and then risen, and who do not work as we do.
The worst thing about the gaze of others is that we become a false mirror to ourselves. How many times have we trusted people we placed in the role of supporters, only for time to reveal their fragility?
The truth is that a person should not trust anyone as much as they trust their ability to survive, to evaluate, to grow.
For self-confidence means a deep understanding of your truth: Who are you? What can you do? It is your refuge when those you thought were support betray you, and your weapon when you are excluded because you were not part of the game of masks.
And this is my advice to the passionate in all areas of life; it is not wise to live in the shadows of others, even if they are troubled.


