Self-awareness and acceptance draws out strength...

“Self-awareness makes us real.. Find what makes you real and you will find strength.” — BATTLE ROYALE

“Accept who you are and draw strength from the truth. You must be worthy of yourself before you can ever be worthy of another.”— BATTLE ROYALE

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Do you know yourself? If so, how much do you know yourself?

Do you accept who you are? Are you happy with the real you?

These are just simple questions, right? But somehow, it’s hard to answer.

“YES! Of course I know myself! I know every single detail about myself. I accept myself and I’m happy for who I am.”
If this is your answer, then, CONGRATULATIONS!

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Those quotes from the manga, Battle Royale, mentioned that people can draw out strength from being aware of one’s self… and of course, for accepting one’s self. But HOW?

I guess, It comes NATURALLY.

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Knowing yourself is easy… but accepting who you are is completely on a different level. There are a lot of people who are in denial of their true selves. They hide who they really are. I know, we all have our reasons. Variety of it. But, does this makes us happy? Does denying our true selves protect us? Personally, I guess not.

Drawing STRENGTH from self awareness and acceptance… HOW?

Supposing, you’re someone who’s happy of who you are… you’re someone who accepts yourself, flaws included. Of course, you’re aware of the things that you are capable of doing, you know what you can do and what you can’t do. You are aware when to GO and when to STOP. If you know and accept yourself, you’ll have BETTER JUDGMENTS on things. You’ll know your limits— in the same way, you’ll know how to improve them.

Because of these, you’ll have CONFIDENCE to face every challenge that may arise… and that’s where your STRENGTH would come from… It isn’t simple – – – however, it isn’t impossible. 🙂

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Battle Royale’s main character, Shuuya, is someone with a complicated background. An orphan to start with… plus the imminent death he’s facing by having his class chosen on “the program”. Having that, it would be really hard… especially if you aren’t physically and psychologically ready. Shuuya is someone so ordinary, yet, he knows himself. He accepts himself. He knows what he can and can’t do.

Shuuya knows his FEARS, his flaws, his imperfections… and he accepts it wholly. He drew out strength from that fear. He fears death. He fears to see people dying with him doing nothing. But, those are the exact reasons why he survived… why he was able to survive with the girl he and his best friend loved. Because of fear, he was able to know courage. By accepting himself, he gained strength to protect and to live.

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Comparing this manga to everyday life is a bit off, I know. The scenarios are way too impossible~ but in a way, it’s the same. Yes, we don’t have such collars that will blow up every time we step on a danger zone… we don’t have to kill anyone just to stay alive. BUT, we all need to ACCEPT ourselves to be rightfully HAPPY.

It has been said that we should learn to love ourselves before we could love others. I guess, it would be correct to say this as well, we should accept ourselves first before others could learn to accept us. Discrimination is a possibility, but who cares? We are who we are.. ☆ You are who you are.. and I am who I am… The world may turn it’s back on you, but you still have yourself… and eventually, you can find a new world who could accept you. A world who could accept itself.

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