DON’T BE MAD AT YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES IF THEY DON’T APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.
Recently, someone sent me a mail, asking what she can do about her friends who don’t encourage her talent. She said she is a writer and that she has written many short stories but most of her friends never for once show interest in what she does. She said it is really frustrating, especially because she always supports her friends and family members in whatever they do. Talented individual. In my response to this mail, I told her some things which I will like to share with everyone here today. I call this phenomenon talent apathy. Not everyone will appreciate what you do. It doesn’t mean that they don’t like you or they don’t like the fact that you are talented, it just that they may have reasons why they are reluctant to support your dreams and visions. It is very natural for us humans to expect our friends and families to support what we do but the truth is that often times, they don’t feel the way we feel about us and they are not always connected to the things th...