Grow - A Hyuga Hinata lesson :3
"Even if it's just one step, I'll persevere on moving foward"
Hinata Hyuga is my favorite character from the Naruto series. Many people don't see anything special about her or like her at all. She is the heir of a powerful clan that stores one of the three main powerful eye techniques in the ninja world but, she had a hard time living up to that heritage. Hinata pails in skills compared to her younger sister Hanabi. She's just this shy innocent cute girl that has tremendous expectations on her shoulders and lacks some talent. The reason she falls in love with the main character Naruto is because she learns an important lesson from him,
His motto was
"I won't give up, I won't step back on my words".
After meeting Naruto he inspired her to keep fighting and develop her potential.
Here's the lesson I treasure the most about Hinata. Her potential might not be as high as her sister's, her learning capabilities might demand a longer period, she might not run at the same pace as her pears but (and is the biggest but) she won't give up on trying to move foward. For me is about reaching her potential not comparing her to others.
The 64 palms technique was learnt by her understanding that, one always need to push foward, even if it's just one step in order to grow. She never gave up on growing and developing the best version of herself and it didn't matter if that happened at a completely different speed than the rest. Even if her limits get to be reached that's ok because she managed to get there and her potential was developed.
This simple stories might be inspirational when we feel down.
Grow,
in your on rhythm at your own pace, it doesn't matter if it's just one step you manage to give in a long time. keep as North to become a better version of yourself.
composition made using Fireworks program with images from the original Naruto manga story. It shows the moment of the 4th Shinobi War when Hinata learns the 64 palms technique.