Colin Wilson, the prolific and influential British writer, was born to working-class parents from a relatively poor community in Britain. Although his ambition was to become the next Albert Einstein, he was forced to quit school at age sixteen.
Working as a laboratory assistant, he fell into despair and decided to end his own life by drinking hydrocyanic acid. In the moment before what was to be his final act, he came to a realisation.
There were actually two Colin Wilsons. It was like two people living in the same body. One was a boy idiot filled with self-pity. The other was his real self. The boy idiot, he realized, was about to kill them both.
From that moment on, Colin Wilson occurred to himself in a new way. He saw himself as the “real Colin Wilson” instead of the unsuccessful lab technician.
ASK YOURSELF: Who are you really? In what way is the boy idiot (or girl idiot) inside you, ruining your life? Who is the real YOU? When will that YOU take charge?
Remember, being silly, being stupid, being dumb, being an idiot are all part of BEING HUMAN. Just don’t let the idiot run (or ruin) your life.
When you see start seeing yourself differently, everything in life changes!