The start of my content creation journey began with me sitting face to face with Ben Shapiro on the Sunday Special set.
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A lot has changed since then.
At the same time, a lot hasn’t.
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Like Jim Gordon to a freshly-orphaned Bruce Wayne, the conservative movement was there for me at a crucial time when I felt like my world was spinning out of control, that I was a defect for seeing the world the way I did.
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Being able to feel like I was finally part of something greater than myself was a formative experience to say the least. It was an opportunity for me to flesh out what my beliefs were.
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After all, it did eventually lead me to realise that at the end of the day, it wasn’t the political parties or ‘facts not caring about feelings’ that made my world make sense.
Rather, it all came down to my faith, the unchanging reality that gave me real peace of mind.
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As much as I do appreciate that phase of my life, it did also have a negative impact.
It made me afraid of the world outside of my bubble. Watching too many videos of “crazy liberals” left me believing that the world would relentlessly persecute me for my faith.
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I fell into a victimhood mentality/martyr complex that I would never have a career just because I was a practicing Catholic.
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Fast forward a year or so, I’m now settled down in a job that I love, living the life that I’ve always dreamed of. Finally living away from the country that made me so miserable, and I’m much happier now.
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Not unlike many today, my formative years were relatively unorthodox, and I had to figure a lot of things out for myself, which in many ways I’m grateful that I had the opportunity/happenstance to do so.
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I now know that the outside world isn’t as scary as I thought it was. Aside from the vocal minority, most people are just looking to get along and live their lives. I’ve been able to forge meaningful relationships with people who have completely contradicting beliefs to me, and that’s okay.
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Sometimes I wonder if it means that I just don’t care about my faith as much anymore.
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But no, I don’t think so.
I’ve just learnt to be unapologetic,
because I’m no longer afraid.
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A lot has changed since then.
At the same time, a lot hasn’t.
–
Like Jim Gordon to a freshly-orphaned Bruce Wayne, the conservative movement was there for me at a crucial time when I felt like my world was spinning out of control, that I was a defect for seeing the world the way I did.
–
Being able to feel like I was finally part of something greater than myself was a formative experience to say the least. It was an opportunity for me to flesh out what my beliefs were.
–
After all, it did eventually lead me to realise that at the end of the day, it wasn’t the political parties or ‘facts not caring about feelings’ that made my world make sense.
Rather, it all came down to my faith, the unchanging reality that gave me real peace of mind.
–
–
As much as I do appreciate that phase of my life, it did also have a negative impact.
It made me afraid of the world outside of my bubble. Watching too many videos of “crazy liberals” left me believing that the world would relentlessly persecute me for my faith.
–
I fell into a victimhood mentality/martyr complex that I would never have a career just because I was a practicing Catholic.
–
–
Fast forward a year or so, I’m now settled down in a job that I love, living the life that I’ve always dreamed of. Finally living away from the country that made me so miserable, and I’m much happier now.
–
Not unlike many today, my formative years were relatively unorthodox, and I had to figure a lot of things out for myself, which in many ways I’m grateful that I had the opportunity/happenstance to do so.
–
I now know that the outside world isn’t as scary as I thought it was. Aside from the vocal minority, most people are just looking to get along and live their lives. I’ve been able to forge meaningful relationships with people who have completely contradicting beliefs to me, and that’s okay.
–
Sometimes I wonder if it means that I just don’t care about my faith as much anymore.
–
But no, I don’t think so.
I’ve just learnt to be unapologetic,
because I’m no longer afraid.
