Bakit Tayo Laging Kulang Pag Tiningnan Natin Ang Iba? | The Putot Story

🐕 ANO ANG "MAIKLING BUNTOT" MO SA BUHAY?

Honest question: Kailan ka huling tumingin sa salamin at naisip, "Sana iba na lang to"?

INSTANT REFLECTION:
Q: Bakit tayo laging kulang sa sariling mata pero perfect sa mata ng iba?
A: Si Putot - nahihiya sa maikling buntot. Yung bulate? Iniinggit ang BUONG katawan ni Putot. Same person. Different perspective. Sino ang tama?

Q: Totoo bang yung insecurity natin ay objective truth?
A: Hindi. Si Putot saw "defect." Pero bulate saw "complete dog with ears, nose, feet." Perspective lang pala ang problema, hindi yung buntot.

Q: Paano natin malalaman kung valid ba yung insecurity o gawa-gawa lang?
A: Ask: "Sino ang nag-define nito as 'kulang'?" If ikaw lang - it's comparison trap, not reality.

ANG KWENTO NG LAHAT NG NAKA-COMPARE:

Si Putot = each of us.
Yung buntot = yung "isang bagay" na iniisip nating may mali.

Maybe:
Height
Weight
Skin color
Career level
Relationship status
Financial status
Educational attainment
Family background

Maliit na bagay. Pero para sa atin? YUN NA ang buong pagkatao natin.

ANG COMPARISON TRAP:

Loro = maganda, palamuti
Pusa = proud, dignified
Kabayo = functional, pantaboy ng langaw
Unggoy = perfect tool, pangsabit

Si Putot? "Wala akong silbi."

Sound familiar?

PARA SA MGA NAG-SCROLL SA SOCIAL MEDIA:

Everyone's buntot = perfect.
Ikaw lang yata ang may "maliit."

But plot twist: Si Loro iniinggit si Pusa.
Si Pusa iniinggit si Kabayo.
Si Kabayo iniinggit si Unggoy.

Endless cycle. Walang winning.

ANG BULATE NA GAME-CHANGER:

"Ang problema ko, ang buong katawan ko = buntot."

One sentence. Changed everything.

Kasi biglang nag-shift yung perspective ni Putot:
"Maikli man, buntot PA RIN TO. Part pa rin to sakin."

Hindi "kulang."
Kundi "iba."

And "iba" is not "mali."

REAL TALK: LAHAT TAYO MAY PUTOT MOMENT:

Yung moment na:
Tiningnan natin sarili natin
Kinumpara sa iba
Nag-conclude na "mali" tayo
Nagsimulang magtago

Pero yung totoo?

Hindi tayo mali. We're just different versions ng "complete."

PARA SA MGA "SANA IBA NA LANG":

Sana:
Mas mataas
Mas payat
Mas puti
Mas mayaman
Mas successful
Mas confident

Pero anong mangyayari if nagka-totoo yan?

May bago na namang "sana."

Kasi ang problema? Hindi yung features mo.
Ang problema? Yung standard na ginagamit mo.

ANG LESSON NA HINDI PA OBVIOUS:

Si Putot didn't grow a longer tail.
Walang magic transformation.

Ang nagbago? Yung tingin niya.

From: "Mali ako kasi maikli"
To: "Ganito ako. Period."

That's it. That's the shift.

TANONG PARA SA INYO:

Ano ang "maikling buntot" ninyo?
Sino ang nag-define nun as "kulang"?
Sino ang mas nagsusuffer - ikaw or yung actual "defect"?
Handa ka nang tanggapin yan as part mo, not apart from you?

PARA SA MGA MAGULANG:

May anak kayong:
"Masyadong payat"
"Masyadong mataba"
"Masyadong maitim"
"Masyadong tahimik"
"Masyadong maingay"

Yung "masyadong" = problem ba talaga? O standard lang na hindi fit?

Before you "fix" them, ask: "Sino ang nagsabi na may mali?"

PARA SA MGA ADULT NA MAY INSECURITY PA RIN:

It's okay. Valid yan.

Pero tanong: Ilang taon mo na yang dala-dala?

At in all those years, may nangyari bang masama dahil sa "defect" na yan?

Or puro "what if" lang pala ang source ng pain?

BAKIT "YOUNG-AT-HEART"?

Because young-at-heart means:
Open to see yourself differently
Not trapped by old narratives
Willing to question "shoulds"
Believing na acceptance to perfection

Age doesn't define flexibility. Mindset does.

THE UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH:

Ang bulate? Walang paa, walang tenga, walang ilong.

But do you think he stopped living?
Hindi. He just crawled on.

Si Putot? May paa, tenga, ilong, AND buntot.
But he almost stopped living kasi focused sa kulang.

Who's really "less"?

THE ENDING WISDOM:

"Maikli man ang buntot ko, buntot pa rin to. Akin to."

Three truths:
1. It exists (acknowledge)
2. It's mine (ownership)
3. That's enough (acceptance)

No "pero."
No "sana."
Just "ito ako."

APPLICATION:

This week, try this:

Look at your "maikling buntot."
Say out loud:
"Feature man to, feature pa rin to. Akin to. At sapat na."

Example:
"Maitim man ako, balat pa rin to. Akin to. At sapat na."

Ulitin. Until it stops feeling weird.
Until it starts feeling true.

FINAL QUESTION:

Ano ang maikling buntot mo?

At more importantly: Handa ka nang yakapin yan - simula ngayon?


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Para sa: insecure adults, comparison-trapped people, body image strugglers, perfectionists, anyone hiding their "short tail"

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