The Secrets of the Future

This is my forecast for wednesday 27 May 2009.

Aquarius: Others might be comfortable being ordinary, but that's not you. You strive to be the best, always...

Sometimes the shoe fits, sometimes it feels childish and far-fetched. I haven't really wrapped my head around horoscopes that much. Still, isn't it a little bit funny when it feels as though your forecast is actually directed right to you? Sometimes it can open up you mind and your heart and you can acknowledge feelings you didn't think you had, or skills you forgot about. This one actually speaks right to me. My greatest fear is to be ordinary, to be forgotten about or just simply... grey.

Even though it has got its privileges not to be ordinary, it's occasionally rather tough. If you think you're good at something, then why can you not say it out loud? If you really like something about yourself, then why should you feel it's not worth telling everyone? "The Swedish mind" so to speak, and the Swedish "Jantelag" forbids you to elevate yourself, to say "Hey, I'm great and I'm proud of myself!". I think that’s bullocks! It's ridiculous, conservative, narrow-minded and egoistic. It only shows of low self-esteem not to let others feel great about themselves and tell the world they do so. I mean, what's it to you anyway if I'm proud of my accomplishments, liking my looks and am high-achieving? It doesn't take the greatness out of you work, or diminish your looks. It just let us be who we are and make it alright to proudly say "I'm fucking fabulous and I'm loving it".

I'm not arrogant and I’m surely not all that full of myself (well, sometimes I guess I am, but honestly, it's quite fun) and I'm not saying this to upset anyone. All I'm asking is that more people would go with their heads held high, not letting anyone else step on their toes, be confident and proud of themselves. And go with a big smile and a twinkle in their eyes and have the right so say: I'm just as smart as Albert Einstein, better looking than Aphrodite herself, richer than Bill Gates and wiser than Aristotle ever was.

Who are you telling them not to?