Be Who You Are

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How many times each day do you intend to say one thing and say different alternatively because you are anxious about what others might think or say?

How frequently do you wake up in the morning with one thought in mind for what you want to achieve, only to find yourself making something else because of social tensions or personal distress?

Being who we are is something hard to do sometimes. Do you agree?

There are times where we just cannot express ourselves because it is either we have to be someone who we are not just to suit ourselves from others, or to be someone we do not like but we do not have no choice because that is what our family like us to be.

But everything has an ending. We should not just live the way they want for us or how we must do just to be with others we want to be with. But in reality, we do not belong. Because they are too far from us. Like the stars above, they are hard to reach.

But do not take it on the opposing side. Instead, be who you are. Be someone whom you can be best, whom you do not need to act according to their actions, nor be someone whom you cannot see yourself.

Do you dress the style you want to wear? Do you listen to the kind of music you really love listening to, or do you follow the crowd? Are you studying a course of your choice? or working the job of your dreams, or the job of someone else’s goals?

Life is a matter of choice, not a matter of chance. Being the best version of yourself is something you can always be proud of -something where you do not have to wear any mask to hide your true self.

Here's a quote from Genesis P-Orridge:

“Art and life really are the same, and both can only be about a spiritual journey, a path towards a re-union with a supreme creator, with god, with the divine; and this is true no matter how unlikely, how strange, how unorthodox, one’s particular life path might appear to one’s self or others at any given moment.”

Every one of us is entirely peculiar and different. Our particular past experiences and outlook, along with our interests, skills, and the way we look, cannot be seen from others ultimately. As individuals, we are unique, and we must always be attentive to that fact as we live our lives. You might imitate them, or they may imitate you, but no one can ultimately duplicate someone.

Our fates are not strictly restricted by our traditions, culture, or other factors that have become part of our lives ever since we are born in this world. We have multiple choices and, in most situations, the autonomy to be who we are and what we are truly capable of.

“I know of nothing more valuable, when it comes to the all-important virtue of authenticity, than simply being who you are.” - Charles Swindoll

There are connections in life that make it challenging for us to act like ourselves and feel the particular engagement essential to deliberately manifest our identity. Sometimes the impact of others is just too powerful to let our personality glow through.

We do not always act like the persons we are.

We do not always show our lives as more extraordinary as others as we could. But we can simply be ourselves, no matter what kind of flaws we have.

No matter how successful, no endurance will be truly rewarding or happy if you cannot learn to love yourself and be yourself. So, be who you are and show to the world, the universe rather, what you can!