{"id":89,"date":"2024-01-31T19:04:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T19:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storytimebyrk.com\/?p=89"},"modified":"2024-01-31T19:04:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T19:04:48","slug":"why-i-wrote-penelopes-quest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storytimebyrk.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/31\/why-i-wrote-penelopes-quest\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I wrote Penelope\u2019s Quest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A few years ago, I was doing a watercolor painting. It was a painting of a pink cockatoo and it inspired me. I don\u2019t know why. I had an idea come to me. I had the desire to be a writer and I will start with a childrens book. Being a mom it came natural. We need to start young the discussion of self worth and self esteem.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I have noticed that there is a huge problem with young ones, and older ones as well,that we compare ourselves to others. I am sure I did it as well. We watch those on social media and famous people showing us all that they have and it makes us feel bad about ourselves. They present, either intentional or unintentional, a false narrative about how wonderful their life is and how we should strive to be just like them. I find it nonsense but I wanted to help show that a person should always be their own true unique self and not emulate others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have always struggled with self esteem. I will often wish to be someone else\u2026anyone else, as long as it isn\u2019t me. The thing is\u2026we should be unique. No one person is exactly the same, even twins will have some differences in personality or character trait. So why compare ourselves to others? Because we face bullies every day, mocking uniqueness, demanding sameness and banality. And it is to our detriment as humans. The stress to fit in can be overwhelming and anxiety inducing. To achieve sameness is a worthless pursuit, chasing after the wind. We should not be exact copies of each other. We don\u2019t always value uniqueness though. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The picture of the pink cockatoo had me thinking about the animal kingdom. It would be silly if one animal compared themselves to another animal.  They don\u2019t have that capacity to think that abstractly. A pink cockatoo wouldn\u2019t think about being like the lovebirds or toucan. The ridiculousness of comparing ourselves to others is what I wanted to present in my book. A bird would never compare themselves to other birds. We shouldn\u2019t compare ourselves to others but value ourselves as individuals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please share if you may. If you are interested in purchasing my book follow the links below. Let\u2019s build self-esteem in our children and ourselves. Thanks for all your support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hardcover: \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/shop.ingramspark.com\/b\/084?JWr8VW4396tRjuoldWSPt05DnKzHO6kcwyDPRmdSvds<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Softcover: https:\/\/a.co\/d\/gcFXz0R<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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