No one knows better!

I know that this might come as a shock to some of you.
Especially in our societies that are deeply rooted in hierarchy, role models, influencers, and aspirations to the next “great” thing.
But believe me, no one knows better…

Don’t be fooled into believing that this person in a high position, with titles and reputations, knows better than you.

Yes, they probably earned their position and title through hard work and wits.
But this still doesn’t mean they know any better than you.

The only thing they did was know what they wanted to do — and they did it!

If you ever decide to do the same thing, you will do it differently.
You will uncover different dimensions of the same thing they did, and you will get the same position and reputation as them.

Not because you followed their lead, but because you followed yours.

Each one of us is born with their own neurological fingerprints.
A million people can look at the same thing, and a million ideas will emerge.

No one’s idea is better.
And no one’s idea is more eligible!

The only thing that will make an idea move forward, and another not, is for the one with the idea to decide to move forward with it.

Of course, it was because they believed that their idea was “the best,” and this is absolutely true… for them.
And whoever believed in them…

But this should never distract us from the fact that one idea rising speaks absolutely nothing about another.
Only the mere fact that one believed enough to move forward with it.

So, whenever you have an idea, know that there is absolutely no reason to believe that it’s not good.

There will be ways to make it “better.”
This is the definition of growth and evolution.
But this “better” will be a word that only you — and those you trust your idea with — will need to define.
And someone’s “better” can mean something completely different from another’s.

The moment one doubts their idea is the moment they assign to it the “bad” label.

And I want to emphasize the meaning of this self-assignment:
An idea is “bad” ONLY when its owner doubts it!

For as long as one holds belief, the idea will keep on living.

Now, yes, of course, to be the only believer in something can get you labeled as “crazy.”
And this is one big hefty price to be paid for believing in something.
One needs the courage and resilience to keep moving forward regardless.

And this is one of the toughest things one can do out there.
Whether I believe in the prophet’s ideologies or not, I have massive deep admiration for what they did.
To change the face of the earth with nothing but your belief is truly marvelous!

So, If you ever believed in something,
I want you to know that it’s ok to move on with it.

And if the road was too tough for you — which it will definitely be —
I want you to know that it’s ok to take a break.

And if your road was bumpy with on-and-off stops,
I want you to know that it’s ok to have your doubts.

And if you ran out of energy and wanted some time out of fighting,
I want you to also know that it’s ok to stop.
Just supporting other believers with their ideas is as marvelous a feat as carrying your own!

If you ever decided to move on with your idea, I will have this single piece of a personal-learnt lesson:
You will need to have the confidence to move on with your idea.
And the humility to allow it to breathe and evolve.

Confidence without humility misleads, and humility without confidence burns.

When I started working on this blog, I believed that my idea was worth sharing.

There is absolutely no way to prove whether it was really worth sharing or not.
Not even the recognition it might get.

If it gets recognition, then maybe it was a “useful” idea to others for the given time and circumstances.
If it didn’t, it only means that it wasn’t “useful” to those who stumbled upon it.

And this “not useful” label might be only temporary.
Maybe it will become “useful” another time with other people.
And maybe whoever finds it “useful” now or later will change beliefs at some point for any reason.

And in all of these fluctuations, the only thing that made a difference was whether someone found a “use” for the idea or not.
Not its worth or goodness!

And I am learning to be resilient against this “useful” label.
My belief in my idea should not be affected by how others find it useful or not, but by how much I still believe in it!

Not all “great” ideas are useful in the stereotypical sense. And everything does not show its value from the moment its born.
My idea might be recognized, and it might never be.

I do not know. And no one will ever know until every single trace of my existence is gone and has been completely forgotten.
And until then, I need not worry about whether my idea is good or not.
Because every idea is…

I face fear many times when I am working on this blog.
I doubt that it’s not “good” enough.
I doubt that it’s not “mature” enough.
I doubt that it’s not “useful” enough.

And whenever these thoughts attack, I know that the day is over.
I close my laptop and my mental tabs.
I recite my beliefs about how ideas are not intrinsically good or bad.
I wait for a new day to come with a fresh start that is doubt-free.
And all these worries turn into fuel for growth, rather than doubts tearing down the temple.

For an idea is bad only when its owner doubts it.

Now, I know that I keep saying that “no idea is bad.” But we can agree that some are “destructive,” like occupying someone else’s land, for example.
This “destructive” label has been given by societal agreement, generation after generation after generation.
So no one is going to disagree on this label.
And it’s this when an idea becomes problematic…

Should one pursue any idea they believe in, even if it was “destructive”?

If your idea was ever one of these “destructive” ones, I personally wouldn’t ask you to refrain from pursuing it unless refraining is what you believe in!
I believe that when someone doesn’t do what they truly believe in, they will end up causing a bigger mess than what they would have initially caused.

So, if a destructive idea was ever your truth, I only hope that there will be enough people to stop you.
And I believe that it becomes the responsibility of people around you to do so!

And I would hope that these people do it empathetically.
Because I also believe that apathy will only lead to destruction, regardless of the good intentions of those who carried the action.

And if people stripped you of humanity while stopping you,
and they failed,
you will come back fiercer,
and you will cause even more destruction than what you had set your heart on at the beginning!

So, for anyone with an idea and who feels strongly about it,
I am here rooting for you to believe in it and pursue it.
And I will be here to remind you that it is as good an idea as the next one, and you need not doubt it!

And for anyone believing that an idea should be stopped,
I am here to beg you to do it as firmly and strongly as could be.
But also as empathetically as could be — for your own sake before the other’s!