YOU'RE NOT STUPID

There's only one reason why I'm writing this to you right now fam, and it's to tell you that you are not stupid. I know like many people, you've probably listened to that voice that has whispered to your mind and found a way of making its words travel to your heart.
I know this happens mainly because of the society's ways of setting standards - in such a way that of over a thousand ways of being intelligent and useful in your own special ways, emphasis have only been given to a particular few, which could easily make you feel stupid if you're not doing well at any of them.
However, contrary to what the society thinks and regardless of if you're doing well in some particular areas or not, you are not stupid.
If you're not doing well in school, and you're putting in your best, it could probably be as a result of things beyond your control. In this case and similar cases, you don't have to be hard on yourself. All you should do is give success a definition other than what the society has defined it for you.
Afterall, in a class of 100 students, not all of them would graduate with a first class or second class upper, but to a reasonably high percentage, 80 percent of them could graduate "successfully"; even if not on close CGPAs.
What do I mean? I mean in a class of 100 students, it's easy for the society to refer to some as smart and the others as stupid, based on the A's, B's, E's and F's, when they have forgotten that for some, they want to do well in school, get great jobs, and help their lives and that of their nation economically, while for some, success would not come, only after they fulfill their dream of becoming musicians and travelling round the world to make people happy by dancing to their tunes. And of course, for others, it's different dreams and definitions of success.
Why then do you have to feel stupid if you're doing well in what you've decided to do, but struggling in what they want you to do?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not asking you not to be serious with school, in fact, I'd be insane to say that, as what is worth doing at all, is worth doing well. And again, a jack of all trades, master of all/many, logically, is better than a jack of all trades, master of few/none. But what I'm preaching is that the fact that you've put in your effort in 'general' things and you're not doing as well as the average person doesn't make you stupid!
Every time, we hear the cases of mental health issues, and undoubtedly, this is one of the causes of those issues - one being hard on oneself and feeling stupid. Isn't it then ironical that this society that's preaching mental wellness, is the one bringing up issues that would cause mental illnesses?
Conclusively fam, if you ever feel like you're stupid, just go easy on yourself, and think about your life and where you're getting it right. You have your own definition of success, work towards it!
And if you're someone who feels like you're not good at anything, even you aren't stupid, you've just not found what you're good at. So what to do? Listen to your heart and discover that thing.

I really hope the aim of writing this is met, and you stop thinking you're stupid. And for you who don't think you are, I hope you never have a reason to think you're stupid.

Koyum Kolade Afolabi
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