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Stop thinking all the time that you’re in the way, that you’re bothering the person next to you. If people don’t like it, they can complain. And if they don’t have the courage to complain, that’s their problem. You’re afraid to lose your dignity. But what’s dignity? It’s wanting everyone to think you’re good, well-behaved, full of love for your fellow man. Have some respect for nature, watch a few films about animals, and see how they fight for their own space.

I got this excerpt from Paolo Coehello. It makes a whole lot of sense to me. If there’s one thing I’ve recently learned, it’s asking—from asking a simple question, whether intelligent or dumb to asking a huge favor from somebody, and even to asking someone else out. Well, the last one I haven’t done yet. I’m still mustering enough courage. I’ve always been one who hates and if possible, avoids hassling people since I myself don’t want to be hassled by others. As a result of not wanting to hassle and be hassled, I usually end up doing things and answering questions on my own even without having the faintest idea whatsoever. I had to resort to mere assumptions, wild guesses, trial and errors, gut feel (even if it isn’t as reliable), fortune telling (haha!), and what have you. It’s a hit or miss thing. Though I’ve had my fair share of hits, I would have to say the hits are still outnumbered by the misses I’ve experienced. And it’s all because of not having the guts to ask. The same goes for wanting—from wanting to own something whether small or big, to wanting to do something because I just feel like doing so, to wanting to just be without anyone imposing on me.

Stumbling upon this excerpt of Coehello sort of reaffirmed what I needed to do; that is to stop thinking and start learning to ask and want without any guilt or apprehension whatsoever. After all, people can always complain if they really want to. So starting from hereon, I got to be a kick-ass lioness roaring like hell ruling over her space in the jungle.