Patterns

Growing up, we had the tendency to seek someone to act as our role model or someone to adore. It could be a movie star or our teacher, the mums of our lives or a distant relative. Whoever the person was, we make it a point to somehow mimic them, or dream that one day, yes, "I'll be like him/her."

Given the individual differences amongst us, this tendency to mimic others could lead two ways. One positive outcome is a productive life encouraged by the achievements of our role models. Another positive result is the zest to go beyond what our role model had accomplished. Yet copying someone's behaviour when it seemed fun could be damaging as well. For our free choice tell us that one person could be a good model when for others, it's not.

When I walk through the street especially those that were of made of cobblestone, I simply notice the pattern of the stones. Our lives are like each and every stone joined together. I could work well with the people around me and a path for walking seemed manageable through each and single steps. The pattern of my behaviour and yearning in life coincides with the pattern of the person besides me or near me.

Yet each and every stone would have its life. Some get chipped by wear and some gets broken through weak resistance. However, they still hold close together to act as a walkway or a path for others to thread on. When we work with great people, we become great as well. We tend to achieve more and see life as an enormous playground filled with opportunities and great gains.

When we work in an unproductive environment, just like living with someone who has no positive influence to us or working with people who are uninspired, we then survive because we follow a pattern of monotony, going on just to end the day.

Patterns are everywhere. We make them as our guide to grow or we make them as a simple excuse to exist. We should pattern our lives to those that are great, not mediocre, and become productive. We should be surrounded by positive people. We should be aware of our words, our actions and our thoughts. For your pattern in life will simply be imitated by those surrounding you. You do good, they follow the deed. You do bad, it becomes impressionable to others.