As I took a pose for this picture, Sarah said, yes, this is your signature. As I positioned for the one, I claimed was the last, she said "this is another signature pose" with a smile.
My feet were hurting from my shoes so I couldn't wait to take them off at that point.
We had gathered around waiting for the teachers in the children church to round up their work in order for us to rehearse for Wordroom on Monday.
As we rehearsed, that word just continued reiterating in my head but I didn't even have the picture in my phone cause we just launched one of our friend's new phone by taking pictures with it. I tried to concentrate through the rehearsal, and I finally took the pictures via xender at the end of the rehearsal.
As I walked back home, I just wondered why I always took a particular pose and smiled a particular way to eventually enjoy my picture taking process.
If I'm not smiling wide or if I'm too composed, I just feel like 'this picture never enter body', I feel stiffened and at the end, I feel like the picture is not fine. If you like, explain how beautiful it is to me, I'll tell you 'na wash jare'.
This just made me think farther, why would I feel more comfortable taking a pic when I don't feel too organized? I'll rather laugh, jump, dance or play and then it feels perfect to me.
This narrowed me down to the fact that we are all different, which is obvious and not a new thing to hear. But the question is, "do we cherish our differences and uniqueness or do we want to fit into what others are comfortable with or what is trending?"
Many of us, including businesses, started our lives, career, businesses with a signature basically because we felt that was it for us, but along the way, we looked at what was working for others on social media and rather than learn and improve on yours, you imbibed theirs and forgot about yours. You forgot about where you said you were going to and decided to go where another person who is more successful than you is going to.
Someone wrote, “The reason we struggle with insecurity is that we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel.” -unknown.
Your signature is what people perceive of you, see in you and look out for in you. Your signature is you to the world.
What do people see when they see you? You or a copy of another person?
Do not lose out on you just because you want to fit in.
By the way, I'm still wondering how I'll survive on my wedding day with all these arrangee arrangee pictures and all. Laslas, we will do kpankpangolo play so that the pictures gbedu will enter body. Lol! 😄😂😂😂😂
My Thoughts.
©Ala Onyeka Wilcox
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